Psychiatric symptoms, challenging behaviour and utilization of psychiatric services among adults with intellectual disabilities in Turkey.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of and the factors associated with psychiatric symptoms (PS) and challenging behaviour (CB) in adults with intellectual disabilities, and the utilization of psychiatric services in Turkey.

Method: Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for Adults with Developmental Disorders Checklist-Revised was used for PS and a structured form for other variables in 771 participants.

Results: Of the participants, 50.

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.

The Effect of Synthetic Cannabinoids on P-Wave Dispersion: An Observational Study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of synthetic cannabinoids (SC) on P-wave dispersion (PD) in patients who consume SC.

Materials And Methods: The study population included 72 patients who consumed SC and 36 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. The severity of addiction was detected using the addiction profile index (BAPI).

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.

An outpatient clinical study of dissociative disorder not otherwise specified.

The relatively high prevalence of the diagnosis of dissociative disorder not otherwise specified is frequently considered to be disproportionate. The disproportionate rate of this diagnosis is thought to be related to nosologic and/or diagnostic issues in dissociative identity disorder. We sought to investigate and compare the symptom patterns of these two clinical entities.

[Reliability and validity of the schedule for deficit syndrome in schizophrenia].

Objective: The Schedule for Deficit Syndrome (SDS) is an instrument for categorizing schizophrenic patients as those with and without deficit syndrome. This schedule has been translated and adapted into the Turkish language in order to study its reliability and validity.

Method: 30 male schizophrenic patients were included in the study.