in Major Depression: Possible Association of and with Childhood Traumas.

Objective: Psychosocial and genetic factors are considered to play roles in the etiological mechanisms of major depressive disorder (MDD). The involvement of miRNAs in the etiopathogenesis of depression and childhood traumas is still unclear. This study aims to reveal potential differences in miRNA levels between patients with depression and healthy individuals and assess their connection to childhood traumas.

The Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression.

Background: The aim of the current study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment, a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, on depressive symptoms in treatment-resistant bipolar depression (TRBD).

Subjects And Methods: The study included 29 patients between the ages of 18-65, with bipolar disorder depressive episode according to DSM-5 and with the decision of non-response to treatment according to the Canadian Mood and Anxiety Treatment Network (CANMAT). Patients were divided into two groups double-blind-randomly, 20 sessions of TMS and 20 sessions of sham TMS were applied crossover.

Impaired Spontaneous Attention to Gaze Cueing in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Eye Tracking Study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether or not patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) differed from the control group in paying spontaneous attention to gaze cueing.

Method: The OCD patient and control groups were tested on a shortened version of Social Distance Judgement Task using pictures of two human cartoon figures with their bodies directed toward the observer and their heads facing each other or in opposite directions. Participants were asked to compare the distances between the cartoon figures and between the blocks drawn under each figure, while their eye movements were recorded by eye-tracking equipment.

Involuntary social cue integration in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder.

Objective: Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have inferior social functioning compared to healthy controls, but the exact nature of these social deficits, and the underpinning mechanisms, are unknown. We sought to investigate social functioning in patients with OCD by measuring their involuntary/spontaneous processing of social cues using a specifically designed test, which might reveal deficits in these patients that explicit voluntary tasks do not detect.

Methods: The sample of the study consisted of an OCD group (n = 25) and a control group (n = 26).

Is psychogenic dizziness the exact diagnosis?

The main goal of the study is to determine the exact ratio of pure psychogenic dizziness. Patients from vertigo outpatient clinic were evaluated by SCL-90 R questionnaire, interviews, vestibular tests and magnetic resonance imaging (when needed). Five hundred and eighteen patients were evaluated for this study.

Psychiatric morbidity among cancer patients and awareness of illness.

A significant proportion of cancer patients experience psychiatric morbidity. Potential predictors of psychiatric morbidity include patient disease-related factors and factors relating to the patient's environment. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and the relationship between the clinical or personal factors, especially psychiatric morbidity, and awareness of cancer diagnosis among a group of Turkish cancer patients.