[Smoking prevalence of elementary school students in Manisa].

Introduction: In this study it is aimed to evaluate the prevalence of smoking, factors affecting smoking status, and the attitudes of the elementary school students towards the smoking prohibition law which was approved in July 2009, in city.

Materials And Methods: The universe of this descriptive study was 6th-7th-8th class, 8236 urban and 4937 semi-urban, total 13.173 elementary schools students in city center.

Postpartum depression: is mode of delivery a risk factor?

There are various factors related to postpartum depression. In this study we have aimed to determine the effect of mode of delivery on the risk of postpartum depression. A total of 318 women who applied for delivery were included in the study.

Risk factors for delaying treatment seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Background: Despite the multiple alternatives of treatment, it is well known that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) delay seeking treatment. In this study, the aim was to determine the risk factors for delaying treatment seeking in OCD patients.

Methods: The sample consisted of 132 OCD who completed the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Symptom Checklist, and Beck Depression Inventory.

Evaluation of sleep quality and anxiety-depression parameters in asthmatic children and their mothers.

Background: Having a child with a chronic disease may cause anxiety and depression and impair the sleep quality in the mothers. The aim of this study was to evaluate sleep quality in asthmatic children and their mothers as well as the status of anxiety-depression in the mothers.

Methods: Study group consisted of 75 asthmatic children aged between 7 and 16 years (mean+/-SD 8.

Prevalence of pseudoneurologic conversion disorder in an urban community in Manisa, Turkey.

Background: There is not a wide agreement upon rate of conversion disorder within Turkish population. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of conversion disorder with pseudoneurological symptoms or deficits and related risk factors in a city.

Method: In total, 1,086 people, aged 15-65 years old, were selected from the city of Manisa, Turkey to take part in the study.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder in a dermatology outpatient clinic.

Objective: The aims of present study were to (a) to determine the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in dermatological patients, (b) to determine the possible relationship between dermatological lesions and OCD and (c) to determine the clinical and phenomenological features of the OCD subgroup.

Method: The sample consisted of 166 out of 250 consecutively presenting dermatological patients who agreed to participate in the study. The subjects were assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Turkish Version (SCID-I) and also completed the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS).

[Which psychiatric label is more stigmatizating? "ruhsal hastalik" or "akil hastaligi"].

Objective: To determine which of the two different labels, "ruhsal hastalik" or "akil hastaligi", used for psychiatric disorders by the public in Turkey is more stigmatizing.

Method: This study was carried out at Celal Bayar University School of Health in Turkey. The questionnaire was designed by the researchers and applied to all students (n=272) present at the school on the day of application.

Depression and anxiety in hypothyroidism.

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and severity of depression and anxiety in patients with hypothyroidism and to compare this with euthyroid patients. Thirty patients with hypothyroidism and 30 euthyroid controls attending the Endocrinology outpatient department of Celal Bayar University, Medical Faculty were included in the study. The hormonal screening was done by immunoassay and haemagglutination methods.

Public attitudes to schizophrenia in rural Turkey.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the public's attitudes and their correlates towards patients with schizophrenia in rural areas.

Methods: The study was carried out in a village near Manisa City, Turkey. Two hundred and eight subjects completed the public survey form which consists of ten items screening demographic and health status and 32 items rating attitudes towards schizophrenia.

[The public attitudes towards schizophrenia in a rural area in Turkey].

Objective: To determine the public's attitude about schizophrenia and its related factors in a rural population.

Methods: This study was carried out in a village of Manisa. Of the 245 subjects which met the inclusion criteria, 230 subjects were reached and 208 of them constituted the sample of this study.

[Depressive symptomatology among elderly residential home residents in Manisa: prevalence and related risk factors].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of depression and related factors among elderly residential home residents in Manisa.

Methods: The study was carried out in all residential homes in Manisa and the surrounding towns. One hundred and forty-five residents completed a form asking questions about demographic features, health conditions and the pattern of relationships with their relatives, the employees of the home, and the other residents.

Depression and anxiety in hyperthyroidism.

Background: Our objective was to determine symptomatology of depression and anxiety in patients with untreated hyperthyroidism and compare with euthyroid patients.

Methods: Thirty-two patients with hyperthyroidism (high free T3 and free T4, and suppressed TSH) and 30 euthyroid (normal free T3, free T4, and TSH) controls attending the Endocrinology Out-Patient Department at Celal Bayar University Hospital in Manisa, Turkey were included in the study. Hormonal screening was performed by immunoassay and hemagglutination method.