Curriculum Vitae

Lin, Yu-Shiou, M.D.

Current Position

Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Education

• M.D., School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan (2019)

Professional Experience

• Chief Resident (R4), Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan (2023–present)

• Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan (2021–2023)

• PGY (Transitional Year) Residency, Taipei City Hospital, Taiwan (2019–2020)

• Research Fellowship, Royal Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, Canada (2018–2021)

  • Studied under Canada Research Chair Dr. Georg Northoff, focusing on brain imaging and neuroaesthetics

Clinical Expertise

• Adult Psychiatry

• Geriatric Psychiatry

Research Interests

• Clinical Psychiatry

• Brain Imaging

• Neuroaesthetics

Membership

• Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry

Publications

Original Articles

1. Lin, Y.-S., Tsai, S.-J., & Chen, M.-H. (2022). Associations between brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism, melancholic feature, and treatment refractoriness in patients with treatment-resistant depression. Taiwanese Journal of Psychiatry, 36(2), 68–73. https://doi.org/10.4103/TPSY.TPSY_15_22

2. Lin, Y.-S., Hartwich, P., Wolff, A., Golesorkhi, M., & Northoff, G. (2020). The self in art therapy: Brain-based assessment of the drawing process. Medical Hypotheses, 138, 109596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109596

Brief Biography

Dr. Yu-Shiou Lin received his M.D. degree from the National Yang Ming University (Taiwan) in 2019. He completed his transitional year residency at Taipei City Hospital and subsequently joined Taipei Veterans General Hospital as a psychiatry resident. During his research fellowship at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (Canada), Dr. Lin worked closely with Dr. Georg Northoff, gaining extensive experience in brain imaging and neuroaesthetics. Currently, as the Chief Resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Dr. Lin continues to pursue his clinical and research interests in adult and geriatric psychiatry.