The effectiveness of day clinic treatment in adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder: Outcomes in Turkey.

Background: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) causes impairment in social and academic functionality. Intensive treatment methods such as day treatments are recommended in resistant cases.

Aims: The aim of this study is to examine the changes in treatment responses according to gender in children and adolescents with OCD who are followed up in the day clinic and to evaluate the factors that predict treatment.

The course of sleep habits in newly diagnosed epilepsy in children: A prospective study.

Background: Epilepsy and sleep have a close, complex, and reciprocal relationship. Sleep may also be adversely affected by epilepsy and anti-seizure medication (ASM). This study sought to determine sleep-related problems before and after six months of treatment with ASMs follow-up in children with epilepsy, to reveal changes in sleep habits, and to determine the effect of ASMs on sleep in different types of epilepsy.

Effect of Impairment on the Prevalence and Comorbidities of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a National Survey: Nation-Wide Prevalence and Comorbidities of ADHD.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and comorbidities of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by evaluating a large-scale nation-wide sample of children.

Method: The inclusion criterion was being enrolled as a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th-grade student. A semi-structured diagnostic interview (K-SADS-PL), DSM-IV-Based Screening Scale for Disruptive Behavior Disorders, and assessment of impairment (by both parents and teachers) were applied to 5,842 participants.

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.

The Prevalence of Internet Addiction in Turkish Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders.

Introduction: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) in adolescents with psychiatric disorders.

Methods: A total of 310 adolescents, aged from 12 to 18, participated in the study. The psychiatric sample group included 162 participants who had applied to the child psychiatry outpatients service.

The prevalence of childhood psychopathology in Turkey: a cross-sectional multicenter nationwide study (EPICPAT-T).

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of childhood psychopathologies in Turkey.

Method: A nation-wide, randomly selected, representative population of 5830 children (6-13 years-old) enrolled as a 2nd,3rd or 4th grade student in 30 cities were evaluated for presence of a psychiatric or mental disorder by a Sociodemographic Form, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL), and DSM-IV-Based Screening Scale for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents scales. Impairment criterion was assessed via a 3 point-Likert scale by the parent and the teacher independently.

Is it possible to determine the level of functional impairment that distinguishes the patients with ADHD from those without ADHD?

Introduction: Functional impairment in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can occur in many areas such as in family, social activities, and problems related to school and may also persist during adulthood. The Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale-Parent Form (WFIRS-P) is designed to measure the functional impairment related to ADHD symptoms. The aim of this study was to determine the level of functional impairment that distinguishes the patients with ADHD who were diagnosed through semi-structured interviews from those without ADHD.

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.

[Relationship between the Psychiatric Symptoms in Expecting Parents and Postpartum Depression and Infantile Colic: A Multicenter Follow up Study].

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between postpartum depression (PPD), infantile colic (IC) and different psychosocial variables, psychiatric symptoms, attachment style and perceived social support in expecting parents.

Method: Two hundred forty five expecting mothers and 150 expecting fathers were first interviewed between the 22-34 weeks of pregnancy. Sociodemografic data form, Adult Attachment Style Scale (AASS), State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) were filled out by each expecting parent.

Anxiety Disorders Comorbidity in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Introduction: Our aim is to investigate the prevalence of comorbidity of anxiety disorders (AD) among patients newly diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to compare symptom severity of ADHD and sociodemographic parameters between patients with and without AD.

Methods: Among 1683 children and adolescents admitted to Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Outpatient Clinic, 447 children and adolescents, who were preliminarily diagnosed as ADHD by clinical interview based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), were invited to participate in the second phase of the study. Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia, Present and Lifetime-Turkish Version were applied to children and adolescents with ADHD and one of their parents to support the diagnoses of both ADHD and AD.

Turkish validity and reliability study of the Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale-Parent Report.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is seen frequently in childhood and leads to marked impairment in functioning. There is no scale in Turkey with documented validity and reliability that assesses ADHD-specific functional impairment (FI). This study aimed at adapting the Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale-Parent Report (WFIRS-P), which assesses ADHD-related FI, for use in Turkey, and examining psychometric aspects of the scale.

The Effect of Sertraline on the Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorder.

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to determine the changes in quality of life of children/adolescents with anxiety disorders during six months of sertraline treatment, to investigate parent-child/adolescent concordance in perception of quality of life and to examine the effect of treatment on children/adolescents.

Methods: In this study, 30 patients with anxiety disorders according to criteria specified in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4. Edition (DSM-IV) were assigned to sertraline treatment.

Frequency and correlates of psychiatric disorders in early childhood: a study of population and clinical samples in Turkey.

Behavioral and emotional problems experienced in early childhood may have a major impact on the development and functioning of a child, leading to a number of psychiatric problems at a later age. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of psychiatric disorders in 3-5-year-old children presenting to the Outpatients Department and in the general population, and the relationship between psychiatric disorders and the sociodemographic characteristics of the children. This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Kocaeli, Turkey.

Parents' perception of the quality of life of children with intellectual disabilities.

There has been limited research conducted on the quality of life (QoL) of children with intellectual disabilities (IDs). We investigated the QoL in children aged 5-18 years with ID and compared the results with healthy children of the same age in this study. The results indicated that the scores of students with ID were lower on all scales and also that children with ID should be supported in all QoL dimensions (physical, social, emotional, and school functioning).

Atomoxetine and methylphenidate treatment in children with ADHD: the efficacy, tolerability and effects on executive functions.

The aim of this study was to compare the safety, efficacy, tolerability, and the effects of atomoxetine and OROS-MPH on executive functions in children with ADHD. This study was an open-label study that only included two medication groups. Children were randomized to open-label atomoxetine or OROS-MPH for 12 weeks.

Priapism associated with methylphenidate: a case report.

Priapism is a persistent unwanted erection that is not associated with sexual desire or sexual stimulation. Immediate diagnosis and treatment are essential for priapism; otherwise, it causes ischemia of cavernous tissues, which will result in erectile dysfunction. In this paper, we report a 14-year-old male patient who presented with priapism after administration of immediate-release methylphenidate.

Social anxiety level in Turkish adolescents.

Social phobia is a mental disorder characterized by extreme and consistent fear of meeting new people, scrutiny in a variety of performance and/or interactional situations. The aim of this study was to investigate the level of self-reported social anxiety in a community sample of Turkish adolescents and the relationship between social anxiety and some sociodemographic parameters. This study was a school-based cross-sectional study.

[The validity and reliability of the Turkish Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory for children 13-18 years old].

Objective: The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) is a modular instrument that measures health related quality of life, and investigates the physical and psychosocial functioning, unrelated to health, of children 2-18 years old. In this study, the objective was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish PedsQL in adolescents 13-18 years old.

Method: The study included 230 adolescents and 230 parents.

[The reliability and validity of the children's negative cognitive errors questionnaire].

Objective: The Children's Negative Cognitive Errors Questionnaire (CNCEQ) is a self-report scale measuring negative cognitive errors in children. The aim of this study was to examine its reliability and validity, and to obtain its norms for Turkish children.

Method: The study was carried out at 3 public schools representing 3 different socioeconomic statuses.

[Smoking and schizophrenia: where is the biological connection?].

Objective: Patients with psychiatric disorders have a higher incidence of smoking than the general population. In particular, the rate of smoking among patients with schizophrenia has been found to be between two and three times in the general population in western countries. This paper reviews the biological factors that might be contributing to the high rate of smoking among patients with schizophrenia and examines the interaction between nicotine and neurobiological disturbances observed in schizophrenia.