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Dr. Fang Yiru

方贻儒

Hospital

Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai

Experience

30+ years in psychiatry with focus on mood disorders

Languages

English, Mandarin

About

Chief Physician; Professor; Doctoral Supervisor; Director of Mood Disorders Clinical Medical Center; Vice Chairman of Chinese Society of Psychiatry Mood Disorders Group

Specialties
Bipolar disordermajor depressive disordermood disorderstreatment-resistant depressionlithium therapy optimizationmood disorder biomarkers
Background

One of China's foremost experts in bipolar disorder diagnosis and management; principal investigator of multiple national-level clinical research projects on mood disorders funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; published extensively in Molecular Psychiatry, The Lancet Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders, and Journal of Affective Disorders; contributed to the development of Chinese clinical practice guidelines for bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder; led large-scale cohort studies on mood disorder progression and treatment outcomes in Chinese populations

For International Patients

Dr. Fang is the leading choice for patients with bipolar disorder, recurrent depression, or mood disorders that have not responded well to standard treatment. Shanghai Mental Health Center is the largest psychiatric facility in China and one of Asia's most comprehensive mental health institutions. International patients should bring a complete medication history including all previous psychiatric medications, dosages, and durations of treatment, as well as any mood charting records.

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