Research

International Publications 

• Valence-dependent functional connectivity during vicarious observation of hostile and affiliative social interactions. Neuroscience, S0306-4522(26)00636-6, 2026 (corresponding author)

• Virtual reality-based cognitive assessment tools for mild cognitive impairment screening: comparison with traditional paper-and-pencil-based cognitive assessment tools. Innovation in Aging, 10(6):igaf150, 2026 (corresponding author) 

• Association Between Therapeutic Interventions and Sleep Disorders in Patients with Breast Cancer: A National Population-Based Cohort Study. Cancers, 18(3):397. doi: 10.3390/cancers18030397, 2026 (co-corresponding author)

• Gender differences in the incidence of psychiatric disorders among breast cancer patients: a nationwide cohort study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 9;35:e5. doi: 10.1017/S2045796025100401, 2026 (co-corresponding author)

• Influence of psychological factors on the benefit from interpectoral and pectoserratus plane block for recovery after partial mastectomy: a randomized controlled trial, Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 78(6):583-591. doi: 10.4097/kja.24469, 2025 (co-first author)

• Association between Benzodiazepine and Dementia Risk in Treating Depression after Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study, Yonsei Medical Journal, 66(9):564-573. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2024.0262, 2025 (corresponding author)

• Integrating Heart Rate Variability Improves Machine Learning-based Prediction of Panic Disorder Symptom Severity. Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience, 23(3):400-410. doi: 10.9758/cpn.24.1261, 2025 (co-author)

• A Comparison of Symptom Structure between Panic Disorder with and without Comorbid Agoraphobia Using Network Analysis. Yonsei Medical Journal, 66(5):277-288. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2024.0177, 2025 (corresponding author) 

• Machine Learning Prediction of Attachment Type From Bio-Psychological Factors in Patients With Depression, Psychiatry Investigation, 22(4):412-423. doi: 10.30773/pi.2024.0392, 2025 (co-author)

• Comparison of the degree of patient satisfaction between transoral thyroidectomy and open thyroidectomy: a survey-based study, BMC Surgery, 20;25(1):75. doi: 10.1186/s12893-024-02751-2, 2025 (co-first author)

• Influence of psychological factors and pain sensitivity on the efficacy of opioid-free anesthesia: A randomized clinical trial, General Hospital Psychiatry, 89(2024):84-92, 2024 (co-first author)

• Association between tamoxifen and incidence of osteoporosis in Korean patients with ductal carcinoma in situ, Frontiers in Oncology, 10.3389/fonc.2023.1236188, 2024 (co-first author)

• Effect of Low-Intensity Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Stimulation in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial, Psychiatry Investigation, 21(8):885-896, 2024 (first author)

• A propensity score-adjusted HRV analysis of social avoidance and distress in patients with panic disorders. Psychophysiology, 10.1111/psyp.14746, 2024 (corresponding author)

• Resting-state functional connectivity and cognitive performance in aging adults with cognitive decline: A data-driven multivariate pattern analysis. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 129:152445, 2023 (corresponding author)

• Clinical Features of Delirium among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit According to Motor Subtype Classification: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study. Yonsei Medical Journal, 64(12):712-720, 2023 (co-author)

• Association and interaction between clinician-rated measures of depression and anxiety with heart rate variability in elderly patients with psychiatric disorders. Heliyon, 9(10):e20740, 2023 (corresponding author)

• The impact of circulatory arrest with selective antegrade cerebral perfusion on brain functional connectivity and postoperative cognitive function. Scientific Reports, 13(1):13803, 2023 (co-first author)

• Differential relationship of observer-rated and self-rated depression and anxiety scales with heart rate variability features. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14:1124550, 2023 (co-corresponding author)

• Risk of Secondary Cancer after Adjuvant Tamoxifen Treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: A Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea. Diagnostics, 13(4):792, 2023 (co-author)

• Feasibility of the virtual reality-based assessments in patients with panic disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14:1084255, 2023 (co-author)

• Virtual reality-based monitoring test for MCI: A multicenter feasibility study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13:1057513, 2023 (co-author)

• The Relationship between Delirium and Statin Use According to Disease Severity in Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience, 21(1):179-187, 2023 (corresponding author)

• Association between preoperative frontal electroencephalogram alpha asymmetry and postoperative quality of recovery: an observational study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 130(4):430-438, 2023 (co-author)

• Relationship between body mass index and risk of delirium in an intensive care unit. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 104921, 2023 (corresponding author)

• Marked reduction in the risk of dementia in patients with breast cancer: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Cancer Research and Treatment, 55(2):551-561, 2023 (first author)

• Development and Validation of Simplified Delirium Prediction Model in Intensive Care Unit. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13:886186, 2022 (co-first author)

• Association of resting-state theta–gamma coupling with selective visual attention in children with tic disorders. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16:1017703, 2022 (co-author)

• Risk of developing depression from endocrine treatment: A nationwide cohort study of women administered treatment for breast cancer in South Korea. Frontiers in Oncology, 12:980197, 2022 (first author)

• Delirium-related factors and their prognostic value in patients undergoing craniotomy for brain metastasis. Frontiers in Neurology, 13:988293, 2022 (corresponding author)

• Development and Feasibility Assessment of Virtual Reality-Based Relaxation Self-Training Program. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2:722558, 2022 (co-author)

• The Functional Interactions between Cortical Regions through Theta-Gamma Coupling during Resting-State and a Visual Working Memory Task. Brain Sciences, 12/2/:274, 2022 (co-author)

• Potential Usefulness of Blood Urea Nitrogen to Creatinine Ratio in the Prediction and Early Detection of Delirium Motor Subtype in the Intensive Care Unit. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11/17:5073, 2022 (corresponding author)

• Delirium and Anxiety Outcomes Related to Visiting Policy Changes in the Intensive Care Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14, 2022 (corresponding author)

• The impact of COVID-19 on hyperhidrosis patients in the mental health and quality of life: a web-based surveillance study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11/13:3576, 2022 (co-author)

• Effectiveness of Self-Guided Virtual Reality–Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR mental health, 8(11):e30590 doi: 10.2196/3059, 2021 (corresponding author)

• Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Potential Biomarker for Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12:729421. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.729421, 2021 (corresponding author)

• Use of Virtual Reality Working Memory Task and Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Assess Brain Hemodynamic Responses to Methylphenidate in ADHD Children, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11:564618. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.564618, 2021 (co-author)

• Efficacy of mobile app-based interactive cognitive behavioral therapy using a chatbot for panic disorder. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 140:104171, 2020 (first author)

• 3D-CNN based discrimination of schizophrenia using resting-state fMRI. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 98/10-17, 2019 (co-first author)

• Cortical and subcortical changes in resting-state functional connectivity before and during an episode of postoperative delirium. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53/8/794-806, 2019 (first author)

• The Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Cognitive and Behavioral Changes After Electrode Implantation Surgery in Rats. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10/291, 2019 (co-first author)

• Delirium characteristics and outcomes in medical and surgical inpatients: A subgroup analysis. Journal of Critical Care, 43/156-162, 2018 (co-author)

• Prediction and early detection of delirium in the intensive care unit by using heart rate variability and machine learning. Physiological Measurement, 39/3: 035004, 2018 (co-first author)

• Pain and anxiety and their relationship with medication doses in the intensive care unit. Journal of Critical Care, 47:65-69, 2018 (co-author)

• Multimodal Discrimination of Schizophrenia Using Hybrid Weighted Feature Concatenation of Brain Functional Connectivity and Anatomical Features with an Extreme Learning Machine. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 11/59, 2017 (co-first author)

• Detection of Stress Levels from Biosignals Measured in Virtual Reality Environments Using a Kernel-Based Extreme Learning Machine. Sensors, 17/10, 2017 (co-author)

• Multi-modal, multi-measure, and multi-class discrimination of ADHD with hierarchical feature extraction and extreme learning machine using structural and functional brain MRI. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11/157, 2017 (co-author)

• Aberrant neural networks for the recognition memory of socially relevant information in patients with schizophrenia. Brain and Behavior, 7/1:e00602, 2016 (first author)

• Non-invasive detection of intracranial hypertension using a simplified intracranial hemo- and hydro-dynamics model. Biomedical Engineering Online, 14/51, 2015 (co-author)

• The neural basis of a deficit in abstract thinking in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 234/1:66-73, 2015 (first author)

• Mutual relationship between anxiety and pain in the intensive care unit and its effect on medications. Journal of Critical Care, 30/5 :1043-1048, 2015 (first author)

• Relationship between abstract thinking and eye gaze pattern in patients with schizophrenia. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 10/1, 2014 (first author)

• Comparison of Aripiprazole and Other Atypical Antipsychotics for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: A Retrospective Chart Review of Efficacy and Tolerability. Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience, 11/2:72-79, 2013 (first author)

Domestic Publications 

• Quality of Early Depression Management and Long-Term Medical Use: Aspect of Quality Indicators for Outpatients with Depression. Mood and Emotion, 21(3):95-103, 2023 (co-author)

• 중환자실 섬망 환자와 비섬망 환자 구분에 기여하는 임상 지표에 관한 연구, 정신신체의학, 27/2/101-110, 2019 (co-corresponding author)

• 중환자실 입원 환자의 섬망 발생과 처치 관련 위험인자. 정신신체의학, 27/1/35-41, 2019 (co-author)

• The Effects of a Delirium Notification Program on the Clinical Outcomes of the Intensive Care Unit: A Preliminary Pilot Study. Acute and Critical Care, 33/1/23-33, 2018 (co-author)

• 심박변이도를 이용한 중환자실 입원 환자의 자율신경계 일중변동성에 대한 예비연구. 생물정신의학, 24/1:26-31, 2017 (first author)

• 국내 일 병원 중환자실에서 관찰한 섬망 환자의 예후. 신경정신의학, 53/6:418-425, 2014 (co-author)

• 관계사고 유발 상황에서 조현병 환자의 시각적 탐색 패턴. 신경정신의학, 53/4:195-205, 2014 (co-author)

• 주제찾기 수행을 통해 평가한 조현병 환자에서의 추상적 사고 능력의 저하. 대한정신분열병학회지 (Korean Journal of the Schizophrenia Research), 16/1:25-31, 2013 (first author)

• Clinical Case Conference 수학 문제가 떠올라 머리가 아프고 힘이 빠지는 고등학생. 신경정신의학, 50/6:419-427, 2011 (first author)

Conference Proceedings

• Deep Learning-Based Classification of the Psychiatric Symptoms Severity. 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 2023. doi: 10.1109/BSN58485.2023.10331141 (corresponding author)

• Using Network Analysis to Examine the Relationship between Specific Panic Symptoms and Heart Rate Variability. 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 2023 (corresponding author)

• Changes in heart rate variability of patients with delirium in intensive care unit. 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 3118-3121, 2017 (first author)

• Discrimination of multiple stress levels in virtual reality environments using heart rate variability. 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 3989-3992, 2017 (co-author)

Patents 

• Method for predicting risk of delirium and device for predicting risk of delirium using the same, 미국 (등록)

• 약물 부작용에 대한 정보 제공 방법 및 이를 이용한 디바이스, 대한민국 (등록)

• 기설정된 시간 이내에 공황 장애 상태를 경험한 사용자에게 컨텐츠를 제공하는 방법 및 이를 이용한 컴퓨팅 장치, 대한민국 (등록)

• 학습 모델 기반의 아토피 피부염 관리 장치 및 그 방법, 대한민국 (등록)

• Apparatus for managing atopic dermatitis based on learning model and method therefor, 미국 (출원)

• 공황장애 대응을 지원하기 위한 적응형 VR 콘텐츠 제공 방법 및 이를 이용한 적응형 VR 콘텐츠 제어 장치, 대한민국 (등록)

• 사망 위험도의 예측 방법 및 이를 이용한 디바이스, 대한민국 (등록)

• 섬망 발병 위험도의 예측 방법 및 이를 이용한 디바이스, 대한민국 (등록)

• 섬망이 유도된 동물모델 및 이의 제조 방법, 대한민국 (등록)

New Health Technology Recognition

• VR Exposure Therapy, 가상현실 노출치료 (공황장애), 2023

• VR-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 가상현실 기반 인지행동치료 (사회불안장애), 2019

저서

• 섬망 진료지침 (한국정신신체의학회 / 이강준, 오주영 외), 2026. 6

• 건강한 마음으로 암 치료에 동행하기 (연세대학교 대학출판문화원 / 암 환자 성인 자녀의 마음건강 part), 2022. 12

• 췌장암, 담도암 완치 설명서 (이동기 저, 췌장암·담도암 환자와 가족의 정신건강관리 part), 2021. 12