Association Between Tetralogy of Fallot and Psychiatric Disorders: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Wan-Fu Hsu, MD; Wu-Chien Chien, PhD; Chi-Hsiang Chung, PhD; Pi-Chang Lee, MD; Der-Shiun Wang, MD; Shao-Wei Huang, MD; Hsin-An Chang, MD; Yu-Chen Kao, MD, MSc; Sung-Sen Yang, PhD; Nian-Sheng Tzeng, MD

J Clin Psychiatry 2021;82(2):19m13126

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Author Affiliations

Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
bDepartment of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
cGraduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
dSchool of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
eTaiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Song-Shan Branch, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Corresponding author: Nian-Sheng Tzeng, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Rd, Nei-Hu District, Taipei City 11490, Taiwan, ROC ([email protected]).

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