Serum peripheral markers for inflammation in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

Background: There is a limited number of studies comparing the levels of inflammation in adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and healthy controls based on complete blood count and platelet parameters.

Methods: This study is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 53 drug-naive patients with AN and 53 healthy controls.

Results: Significant differences were observed for WBC (white blood cell), neutrophil, MCV (mean corpuscular volume), MCH (mean corpuscular haemoglobin) and neutrophils/lymphocytes ratio (NLR) between the study groups.

Metacognitive Awareness and Emotional Resilience in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Background: This study explored the metacognitive awareness and emotional resilience levels of children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (n=60) with typically developing children (n=30).

Methods: Measures included Metacognitive Awareness Inventory and Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents filled out by participants, the List of Adverse Life Events, Turgay DSM-IV-Based Disruptive Behavior Disorders Scale, and Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-Parent Form filled out by parents.

Results: Metacognitive awareness and emotional resilience were found to be low in the children with ADHD.

An Analysis of Admissions to a Refugee Child Mental Health Unit in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: To examine the admissions to a refugee child outpatient mental health unit in the COVID-19 pandemic and to compare them with the pre-pandemic period.

Methods: This retrospective observational study, planned through the hospital information system and patient files, included the 1-year number of outpatient unit admissions, sociodemographic, and clinical data.

Results: Before the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2019-February 2020), a total of 2322 patients (local and refugee) applied to the same unit, and 236 (10.

An overview of the mental and physical health status and post-migration psychosocial stressors of refugee toddlers and preschoolers.

Purpose: Although thousands of refugee children are being born in resettlement areas, few studies have described the mental and physical status in early childhood. We aimed to study the mental, physical status, and post-migration psychosocial stressors of refugee toddlers and preschoolers.

Design And Methods: The Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood was used to assess psychiatric disorders, parent-child relational context, physical health conditions, psychosocial and environmental stressors, and developmental competencies of children who were evaluated at the clinic site.

Ten-Year Experience Outcomes of a Day Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders.

Introduction: It was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a day treatment clinic in Turkey and which has been serving for ten years for children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders.

Methods: 262 patients who completed day treatment within ten years were tested at intake and discharge. The patients' functioning was assessed using the Children's Global Assesment Scale (CGAS), Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGIS), state-trait anxiety inventory for children, depression rating scale for children, Coopersmith self-esteem inventory for children.

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic analysis of changes in brain metabolites following electroconvulsive therapy in patients with major depressive disorder.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the metabolic changes in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) induced by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with MDD via H-MRS. The study was conducted on 13 MDD patients receiving ECT treatment and 14 healthy controls matched in terms of age, gender and education. The patients underwent six sessions of ECT.

Double Blind Controlled Study of Adding Folic Acid to Fluoxetine in the Treatment of OCD.

Background: Folate is important for the synthesis of serotonin the neurotransmitter which plays a main role in OCD. We, therefore, explored the efficacy of folic acid as add on treatment to fluoxetine in a double blind study among patients with OCD.

Subjects And Methods: A double blind, 12-week study comparing the efficacy of folic acid as add on treatment and placebo in patients with OCD was conducted on thirty six (36) patients.

Neurotrophic factors and hippocampal activity in PTSD.

Although numerous studies have investigated the neurotrophic factors and hippocampal activity in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) separately each other, it is unclear whether an association between neurotrophic factors and hippocampal activity is present. The aim of this study was to evaluate the functional changes in hippocampus before and after treatment with escitalopram and to associate these changes with peptides related to neuronal growth in patients with chronic PTSD and trauma survivors without PTSD. Fifteen earthquake survivors with chronic PTSD and thirteen drug naïve trauma exposed individuals without PTSD underwent fMRI scans in a block design.

Priapism associated with the addition of risperidone to methylphenidate monotherapy: a case report.

Priapism is a state of prolonged and unwanted erection without sexual stimulation or desire. Priapism may occur with a variety of diseases or as a side effect of medication. Immediate diagnosis and treatment is essential, as ischemia of cavernous tissues results in erectile dysfunction.

The Assessment of the Relationship Between ADHD and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Child and Adolescent Patients.

Objective: This study examined ADHD comorbidity in child and adolescent patients who diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

Method: Sixty-eight child and adolescent patients with PTSD and 42 child and adolescent patients with OCD were evaluated for ADHD. The sample included 110 patients who were administered structured clinical interviews based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.