Sociodemographic characteristics of Turkish patients who violated a supervised probation program.

We aimed to investigate sociodemographic characteristics of individuals under a supervised probation program used in Turkey and to compare characteristics of noncompliant versus no-need-to-treat individuals in order to determine the effect of sociodemographic characteristics on success of the supervised probation program. In total, 4,006 individuals who submitted to the supervised probation program of our hospital were evaluated retrospectively from patient data and follow-up records. The mean age of patients was 28.

Effect of Different Psychoactive Substances on Serum Biochemical Parameters.

Background: Psychoactive substances affect mainly central nervous system and brain function causing changes in behavior.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of different psychoactive substances on serum biochemical parameters.

Patients And Methods: The study included 324 drug dependents, and 69 controls.

Uric acid levels may be a biological marker for the differentiation of unipolar and bipolar disorder: the role of affective temperament.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether uric acid levels are different between patients with remission period of bipolar disorder type I (BD) and patients with remission period of major depressive disorder (MDD).

Methods: For this aim 41 patients diagnosed with BD and 30 patients diagnosed with recurrent MDD according to DSM-IV who were in remission period for at least 8 weeks were evaluated consecutively. The median age and gender distribution of the two groups were similar.

Are ICAM, VCAM and E-selectin levels different in first manic episode and subsequent remission?

Objective: In bipolar patients, the rate of mortality from cardiovascular diseases is two-fold higher than that in other psychiatric disorders. The risk of cardiovascular diseases was found to be associated with some cellular adhesion molecules: Intracellular adhesion molecule (ICAM), vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) and E-selectin. The aim of this study was to compare ICAM, VCAM and E-selectin levels at first manic episode and subsequent remission period, and to investigate the presence of a relationship between adhesion molecules levels and clinical and metabolic variables.