Comparison of Apathy and Cognitive Symptoms in Pre- and Postoperative Period in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery.

Background: The aim of the study was to investigatie apathy and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease patients who underwent deep brain stimulation surgery on bilateral subthalamic nuclei.

Methods: This study included 18 patients with Parkinson's disease who were accommodated in the Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Center of Adana City Training and Research Hospital for treatment in 2022. Patients were evaluated by psychiatry, neurology and neurosurgery specialists with a multidisciplinary approach and found to be surgically appropriate.

The violence profile of male mentally disordered offenders in a high secure unit in Turkiye.

Our knowledge of the severity and reoffending is limited for mentally disordered offenders, and studies generally evaluate without separation between different diagnostic groups. It was aimed to determine the general profile of mentally disordered offenders who are inpatients in a high secure psychiatry unit from Turkiye and to evaluate the factors associated with violence profiles among different diagnostic groups. According to the results the schizophrenia patients committed the most severe crimes, and intellectual disability patients had some different features from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients.

Levels of anxiety sensitivity, somatosensory amplification and alexithymia in patients with unexplained infertility.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to focus on the psychological aspect of unexplained infertility by comparing their psychological features to those of infertile patients with a known causes and fertile patients.

Patients And Methods: Sixty unexplained infertility patients, 50 infertile patients with a known cause and 56 fertile patients were included in the study. Patients were evaluated using socio-demographic data form, Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), Somatosensory Amplification Scale (SAS) and Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI-3).

The Place of Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Objective: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an increasingly used new method that investigates changes in the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in neurodegenerative diseases. It provides high-resolution cross-sectional imaging of biological tissues. This study aimed to investigate the structural changes in RNFL in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) using OCT and to investigate the possible effects of retinal function on the etiopathogenesis of OCD.

Oxidative status and prolidase activities in generalized anxiety disorder.

Objective: Prolidase (Pro), an intracellular enzyme necessary for collagen turnover, matrix remodelling and cell growth has been shown to be related to Oxidative Stress (OS). To our knowledge, serum Pro activity in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has not been documented yet. In this study, we aimed to evaluate OS and its relation with Pro activity in patients diagnosed with GAD.

The role of obsessive beliefs in patients with major depressive disorder.

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the differences in obsessional beliefs between patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and matched healthy controls using the obsessive-beliefs questionnaire (OBQ).

Methods: The study sample included 74 outpatients with MDD and 74 healthy subjects. The two groups were matched for age, gender, and education level.