Publications by authors named "Ayse Burcu Erdogdu"
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HcWs) reported having high levels of psychological stress caused by the risk of being infected and infecting their families, social isolation, and inadequate protective equipment. This study aimed to determine the level of anxiety and related factors in HcWs and their children during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Online questionnaires were sent to HcWs with children aged 8-18 years via e-mail and WhatsApp messages.
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- A rise in trans adolescents seeking medical interventions for gender dysphoria (GD) has been noted, prompting a study on clinical features, treatment, and follow-up of these individuals.
- Between 2016 and 2022, 53 adolescents (26 male-to-female and 27 female-to-male) were reviewed, revealing a median age of around 16 years at referral and puberty blockade.
- Treatments such as hormone therapy were generally well-received, effective, and transition clinics proved essential for managing gender reassignment processes.
Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptom dimensions respond differently to behavioral and pharmacological interventions, and some dimensions are reported to be more resistant to treatment.
Aim: We aimed to investigate the responses of three symptom dimensions (harm/sexual, symmetry/hoarding, and contamination/cleaning) to serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) therapy in pediatric OCD.
Methods: Children who were between 6 and 17 years old, diagnosed with OCD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) criteria, followed up at our clinic for at least 3 months, and received SRI treatment were included in our study.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic Referrals During Covid-19 Pandemic in Turkey.
Psychiatry Clin Psychopharmacol
June 2022
Background: The objective of the current study was to assess how the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has affected mental health services compared to the same period of the year before the pandemic.
Methods: The data in the study were retrieved from the databases of the computer systems of the hospitals. All referrals in the child psychiatry outpatient clinic between March 1 and June 30, 2019, and between March 1 and June 30, 2020, constituted the sample.
Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous disease in many respects and exhibits this diversity in terms of phenomenology. It also displays several different characteristics in children compared to adults.
Aim: To describe the socio-demographic and phenomenological features of children with OCD and to investigate the impact of these features on response to pharmacotherapy.
Background: The symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are highly heterogeneous and it is unclear what is the optimal way to conceptualize this heterogeneity. This study aimed to establish a comprehensive symptom structure model of OCD across the lifespan using factor and network analytic techniques.
Methods: A large multinational cohort of well-characterized children, adolescents, and adults diagnosed with OCD ( = 1366) participated in the study.
COVID-19 pandemic-onset anorexia nervosa: Three adolescent cases.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
December 2020