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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  2. Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  3. Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  4. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
  5. Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  6. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
  7. Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  8. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
  9. Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
  10. Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  11. Center for Geriatric and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  12. Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  13. Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  14. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
  15. Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  16. Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
  17. Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  18. Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  19. Corresponding authors: Mu-Hong Chen, MD, Department of Psychiatry, No. 201, Shih-Pai Rd, Sec. 2, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan 11217 ([email protected]); and Chih-Sung Liang, MD, Department of Psychiatry, No. 60, Xinmin Rd, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan 11243 ([email protected]).
  20. Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  21. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
  22. Corresponding authors: Mu-Hong Chen, MD, Department of Psychiatry, No. 201, Shih-Pai Rd, Sec. 2, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan 11217 ([email protected]); and Chih-Sung Liang, MD, Department of Psychiatry, No. 60, Xinmin Rd, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan 11243 ([email protected]).
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