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•Despite their major effects on positive symptoms, antipsychotics do not have a significant effect on cognition in schizophrenia•Bilateral high frequency rTMS targeting dorsolateral prefrontal cortices has been effective on working memory•Bilateral 20 Hz rTMS improved attention and verbal working memory in schizophrenia patients,•It also improved t...

Depression is a widespread mental health problem around the world with a significant burden on economies. Its early diagnosis and treatment are critical to reduce the costs and even save lives. One key aspect to achieve that goal is to use technology and monitor depression remotely and relatively inexpensively using automated agents. There has been...

Introduction:To evaluate the effect of maternal postpartum depression (PPD) and anxiety disorder (AD) during the postnatal first year on infant development at 12 months.Methods:This prospective study was conducted at the well child follow-up clinic. A total of 113 mother-infant pairs were included in the study. In the postnatal first month, faceto-...

We aimed to determine the prevalence of depression in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). We examined the relationship between depression and demographic and anthropometric characteristics, poor glycemic control, and duration of diabetes. Additionally, we analyzed the relationship between depression, lifestyle factors, and health complicat...

Dermatitis artefacta is a psychocutaneous disorder which includes both psychiatric and dermatologic pathologies. It is known to be a rare and difficult condition for diagnosis and treatment mostly because of the patient's denial. It consists of self-induced skin lesions often involving a more elaborate method for damaging the skin, such as the use...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of binge eating disorder (BED) in bariatric surgery (BS) candidates and to compare the quality of life, anxiety and depression levels of patients with or without BED preoperatively and 6 months after the surgery. Method: Fifty-one BS candidates aged between 18 and 65 years were enroll...

The aim of this study was to assess whether maternal depression was associated with recurrent wheezing attacks in preschool children. A case-control study was conducted involving 51 preschool children who were hospitalized due to wheezing attacks and 50 age-matched healthy subjects. Sociodemographic characteristics of the children and their mothers...

Objectives: It is reported that sexual dysfunction is observed in female bariatric surgery (BS) candidates. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in female BS candidates and to compare the pre-BS and 6 months post-BS sexual functions. Methods: We assessed 31 female candidates for BS. All participants were admini...

Self-enuclation is a rare but tragic consequence of a severe mental disorder and it is strongly associated with the symptoms of religious delusions, pathological guilt, auditory hallucinations and delusions specifically relating to the eye. In the case of unilateral or incomplete self-enucleation the risk of further eye injury remains high. In the...

Objectives: Physical distress in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may affect marital adjustment and sexual functioning. This study aims to investigate marital adjustment and sexuality in female patients with RA. Patients and methods: The patient group consisted of 47 female patients with a diagnosis of RA between the ages of 18-55 (mean age...

Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by movement abnormalities, is frequently complicated by psychiatric syndromes. Psychiatric symptoms may be the direct result of PD, its co-morbid pathologies, or occur as a side effect of its pharmacotherapy. Pramipexole, like other dopamine agonists for treating Parkinson's disease ,...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the properties of temperament and character in patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) compared to healthy controls, who have similar sociodemographic characteristics. The secondary aim of study is to investigate the relationship between temperament and character in patients with social anxiety dis...

Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by movement abnormalities, is frequently complicated by psychiatric syndromes. Psychiatric symptoms may be the direct result of PD, its co-morbid pathologies, or occur as a side effect of its pharmacotherapy. Pramipexole, like other dopamine agonists for treating Parkinson's disease, h...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of self-mutilation (SM) with the severity of borderline personality features (BPF), childhood trauma and impulsivity in male substance-dependent inpatients. Participants were consecutively admitted comprising 200 male substance-dependent inpatients. Patients were investigated with the Self-m...

Objective Aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of social anxiety (SA) severity with drinking motives in male alcohol dependent inpatients. Method Participants were 155 consecutively admitted male alcohol dependents. Patients were investigated with the Drinking Motives Questionnaire—Revised (DMQ-R), the Social Phobia Scale (SPS), a...

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between alexithymia and drinking motivations among male patients with alcohol dependency. Method Participants were 136 male patients consecutively admitted to an alcohol dependency treatment unit. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Drinking Motives Questionnaire—Revise...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between severity of borderline personality features and history of suicide attempt (HSA) in male substance-dependent inpatients and the effect of anger, hostility and aggression on this relationship. Further, the effect of some variables that may be related to suicide and/or borderline perso...

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dissociation and a history of childhood trauma on quality of life (QoL) among men with alcohol dependency. A consecutive series of alcohol-dependent men (N=156) admitted to an inpatient treatment unit were screened using the Michigan Alcoholism Scr...

Body dysmorphic disorder is a relatively common disorder seen by psychiatrists as well as other physicians from various specialties. The main feature of the disorder is intense preoccupation with either imaginary or real, but minor imperfections in one’s appearance. Symptoms usually emerge in adolescence or young adulthood and may remain undiagnose...

Objective: By modifying an interview-based questionnaire (Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale: YBOCS-hd), Anton, Moak, and Latham (1995) developed a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 14 queries, the Obsessive–Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS), which includes items to evaluate both total craving and its obsessive and compulsive...

Objective: Aim of this study was to investigate the changes in novelty seeking and its subscales during 12 month follow-up among alcohol dependents. Methods: Participants were 102 consecutively admitted male alcohol dependents, who were available for a second evaluation at the end of 12 months. Patients were investigated with the Novelty Seeking (N...

Objective: Drinking Motives Questionnaire (DMQ-R) is a 20-item questionnaire that assesses four categories of drinking motives (social, coping, enhancement, and conformity). In the aim of this study, the reliability and validity and factorial structure of the Turkish translation of the DMQ-R in male alcohol dependent inpatients were determined. Met...

Objective: Aim of this study was to evaluate clinical variables related with relapse to alcohol abuse during 12 months follow-up after inpatient treatment in male alcohol dependents. Method: Participants were 156 consecutively admitted male alcohol dependents. Among these patients, 102 were available at the evaluation that took place one year after...

Objective: Aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of alcohol related problems with impairments in quality of life (QoL), while controlling the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms and the age onset of regular alcohol use. Methods: Participants were 156 consecutively admitted male alcohol dependents. Patients were investigated wit...

Herbal medicine is widely used as alternative and complementary health practice. At recent years, the use of herbal medicine is increased in psychiatric practise. In this review it was mentioned in which conditions the herbal medicine were used, the adverse effects of herbals, the interactions between other drugs and the essential points were empha...

Clinicians define resistance to treatment of schizophrenia, as a failure including functional and psyhcosocial dimensions despite adequate dosage, duration and treatment consistency. If the definition of treatment resistance or resistant symptoms are expanded including psychopathology in occupational, social and cognitive fields, more patients will...

Herbal Medicine and Their Use in Psychiatry Herbal medicine is widely used as alternative and complementary health practice. At recent years, the use of herbal medicine is increased in psychiatric practise. In this review it was mentioned in which conditions the herbal medicine were used, the adverse effects of herbals, the interactions between oth...