Ömer Faruk Uygur

Department of Psychiatry Ataturk University, School of Medicine

Individuals who differ markedly by sleep chronotype, i.e., morning-type or evening-type also differ on a number of psychological, behavioral, and biological variables. Among several other psychological functions, dissociation may also lead to disruption and alteration of consciousness, which may facilitate dream-like experiences. Our study was aime...

Background The current study aimed at investigating the latent dimensional structure of sleep quality as indexed by the seven components of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), as well as latent covariance structure between sleep quality, circadian preferences and depressive symptoms. Methods Two hundred twenty-five patients with major depre...

Clozapine is an antipsychotic drug for the treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Although clozapine is superior to other antipsychotics, it is less common in psychiatric prescriptions due to clozaphobia. Little is known about the use of clozapine during pregnancy and lactation, or its effect on the mother, foetus and baby. Pregnancy category of clozap...

Purpose: Our objective was to obtain an initial prevalence estimate of post-COVID-19 fatigue in Turkey and identify psychological and sociodemographic risk factors associated with post-COVID-19 fatigue. Materials and methods: The data were collected from a cross-sectional community-based survey among the population recovered from COVID-19 in Turke...

Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) is in the category of "Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention" in the DSM-5. NSSI is being addressed as a public health problem, with an alarmingly increasing prevalence among adolescents and young adults. The most common type of NSSIis self-cutting, however, most individuals engaged in NSSI employ...

Introduction: There is increasing evidence that oxidative stress (OS) and neuroinflammation play a role in the neuroprogression of schizophrenia (SCZ). Promising novel candidates which have been proposed in the search for biomarkers of psychotic illness include NADPH oxidase 1,2 (NOX1,2) and raftlin. NOX1 from the NOX family is the main source of...

Abstract Introduction Biological factors are known to be important in understanding the pathogenesis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Oxidative stress and neuroinflammation pathways are likely to play a critical role here. Methods We undertook a study to investigate two novel biomarkers - serum NADPH oxidase 1 (NOX1) and Raftlin levels - in tre...

Objective We aimed to assess the validity and reliability of a Turkish adaptation of the Glasgow Sleep Effort Scale (GSES). Methods We randomly divided the data into two: one set (n = 374) was used for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and the other (n = 373) for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The psychometric properties were assessed using t...

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Worry Scale and related factors with COVID-19 worry. Methods: The data were collected through online survey from 846 participants and final sample was 804 after excluding missing data. The psychometric properties of the Turkish Coronavirus Worry Scale were asse...

Amaç: Bu çalışmanda depresyon hastalarında çocukluk çağı travmaları ile savunma biçimleri arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmayı amaçladık. Materyal ve Metod: Bu çalışmaya depresyonlu 57 hasta ve 51 yaş-cinsiyet uyumlu sağlıklı gönüllü katıldı. Tüm katılımcılar Sosyodemografik Formu, Beck Depresyon Envanteri (BDE), Savunma Biçimleri Testi-40 (SBT-40) ve Ç...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to adapt the 17-item Insomnia Catastrophizing Scale (ICS) into Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties. Method: 240 healthy volunteers and 75 patients with major depres-sive disorder participated in the study. The construct validity of the scale was carried out by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and c...

Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Anxiety and preoccupation about sleep questionnaire (APSQ) in clinical and non-clinical samples. Material and methods: Two samples (141 university students and 42 patients with major depressive disorders) completed Turkish APSQ, the Pittsbur...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be an effective and safe treatment option in catatonic patients that do not respond to psychotropic medications or refuse the drugs and oral intake. There is no absolute contraindication for ECT, but brain herniation may develop due to increased intracranial pressure during the application of its. Chiari malforma...

Objective: Food addiction is a behavioral addiction that presents with addictive behavioral changes toward high sugar, high fat, and highly palatable foods. This study aims to determine the relationship between food addiction with personality traits, personal habits, and psychiatric symptomatology. Method: In a cross-sectional design study, the par...

TO THE EDITOR Yasemin [1] reported that curly hair due to valproate in a patient with bipolar disorder for the first time. To the best of our knowledge, there is no bipolar disorder patient whose hair loss and curly hair due to valproate at the same time, in the literature. We aimed to present a case of hair loss and curly hair due to valproate a...

Background: Recent studies have shown that a Type D personality is associated with an increased risk of cardiac mortality. Objective: This study aimed to examine the impact of a Type D personality on clinical and psychometric properties in a sample of Turkish patients with a first myocardial infarction (MI). Method: The study included 131 pati...

Kognitif ve Davranış Terapileri Derneği, 3. Ulusal Kongresi

Giriş: Elektrokonvulsif terapi (EKT) 1938 den buyana duygudurum bozukluklarınıda içeren birçok psikiyatrik bozukluğun tedavisinde güvenle uygulanmaktadır. Günümüzde psikofarmakoloji alanında hızlı ilerlemelere rağmen özellikle dirençli olgularda EKT halen etkili bir tedavi olarak uygulanmaktadır. Bu yazıda bir olgu üzerinden akut manik epizotta EKT...