Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the central sensitization inventory.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to translate the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) into the Turkish language, to perform a psychometric validation, and to investigate its reliability in patients with chronic spinal pain with an organic origin, patients with fibromyalgia, and pain-free control individuals.

Patients And Methods: Between April 2016 and February 2017, the translation of the original English version of the CSI into Turkish was performed using the forward-backward translation method. A total of 100 fibromyalgia patients (6 males, 94 females; mean age: 45.

[Triple Chronotherapy for Bipolar Depression: A Case Report].

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic disease with recurrent episodes of mania and depression. There is urgent need for rapid, effective, and safe treatments for bipolar depression which is difficult to treat using the current standard METHODS. Triple chronotherapy is a combination of sleep deprivation, sleep phase shift, and bright light therapy which has been shown to induce accelerated and sustained remissions in bipolar depression.

Effects of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors on Macular Ganglion Cell Complex Thickness and Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness.

Purpose: To evaluate macular ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in patients treated with SSRIs.

Methods: The present study included 62 eyes of 31 patients who were using SSRIs and 60 eyes of 30 healthy, age- and gender-matched control subjects. All patients underwent a full ophthalmological examination in which macular thickness, GCC thickness, and peripapillary RNFL thickness were measured using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Role of Chronobiology as a Transdisciplinary Field of Research: Its Applications in Treating Mood Disorders.

Chronobiology is a field that studies the effects of time on biological systems. Periodicity is of particular interest. The master biological clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus controls daily rhythms of core body temperature, rest-activity cycle, physiological and behavioral functions, psychomotor functions and mood in humans.

Proinflammatory cytokine levels in patients with conversion disorder.

Objective: It was aimed to evaluate the relationship between proinflammatory cytokine levels and conversion disorder both commonly known as stress regulated.

Method: Baseline proinflammatory cytokine levels-[Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), Interleukin-6 (IL-6)]-were evaluated with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 35 conversion disorder patients and 30 healthy controls. Possible changes in proinflammatory cytokine levels were evaluated again, after their acute phase in conversion disorder patients.

Rapid antidepressant effects of sleep deprivation therapy correlates with serum BDNF changes in major depression.

Recent reports have suggested that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels are reduced in individuals suffering major depressive disorder and these levels normalize following antidepressant treatment. Various antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy are shown to have a positive effect on brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in depressive patients. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of total sleep deprivation therapy on BDNF levels in major depressive patients.

Resting energy expenditure in manic episode.

Objective: We aimed to assess the resting energy expenditure in bipolar I disorder, manic episode patients.

Method: Forty-two bipolar I disorder, manic episode patients that were treated in the inpatient psychiatry clinic of Trakya University Hospital and had met the necessary study criteria were included along with 27 controls. DSM-IV criteria and the Bech-Rafaelsen Mania Rating Scale were used to evaluate patients' diagnosis and severity of the manic episodes.

[Combination therapy using sertraline with sleep deprivation and light therapy compared to sertraline monotherapy for major depressive disorder].

Objective: Bright light therapy is effective and well tolerated in seasonal affective disorder and some studies reported an antidepressant effect of bright light also in non-seasonal depression. On the other hand, total sleep deprivation leads to a rapid and marked improvement of mood in 60% of depressed patients. Combinations of antidepressant medication with those somatic therapies are generally indicated.

Partial sleep deprivation therapy combined with sertraline affects subjective sleep quality in major depressive disorder.

Background And Purpose: Earlier studies have shown an association between mood disorders and sleep regulation. Total or partial sleep deprivation was demonstrated to have rapid antidepressive effects in depression. Depressive symptoms recur after one night of recovery sleep, but relapse is less when patients are receiving medication.

Partial sleep deprivation therapy combined with sertraline induces more rapid improvements in quality of life items in major depressive disorder.

Background: Total or partial sleep deprivation was showed to have rapid antidepressive effects in depression. Sleep deprivation therapy in major depression constitutes insufficient antidepressive treatment response and depressive symptoms reoccur after one night of recovery. Combination of antidepressant medication with sleep deprivation therapy is generally indicated.

Association between delayed sleep phase and hypernyctohemeral syndromes: a case study.

Study Objective: We investigated whether the hypernyctohemeral syndrome (non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome) may show a clinical association with the delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) in a 39-year-old woman who developed sleep disturbances following a traumatic brain injury.

Measurements And Results: Sleep-wake log documentation and wrist-activity recordings for more than 6 consecutive months confirmed the patient's tendency to live on longer-than-24-hour "days." Episodes of relative coordination to the 24-hour day were also noted, suggesting that the patient was transiently in and out of phase with environmental synchronizers too weak to fully entrain her to the geophysical environment.

Cotard's syndrome with schizophreniform disorder can be successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy: case report.

We report a case of Cotard's syndrome associated with psychotic symptoms. A 27-year-old man was admitted to hospital with the diagnosis of schizophreniform disorder. His presenting symptoms, which had started 1 month before hospital admission, were somatic delusions of gastrointestinal and cardiovascular malfunction and the absence of a stomach, which resulted in a decrease in weight from 75 kg to 63 kg in 1 month.

Aortic aneurysm and electroconvulsive therapy in elderly depressive patient.

We report the case of a 67-year-old single man with aortic aneurysm whose depression was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy. Metoprolol succinate was used for blood pressure control, and there were no cardiovascular side effects and no significant increase in blood pressure detected.

Increased serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels and treatment response in major depressive disorder.

Rationale: Over the last 15 years, an increasing body of evidence has suggested a causal relationship between depression and the immunological activation and hypersecretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). However, little is known about the probable relationship of serum TNF-alpha with major depressive disorder (MDD).

Objective: To assess whether serum TNF-alpha levels could be associated with the clinical course of MDD.