Clinical characteristics of antidepressant use and related manic switch in bipolar disorder.

Objective: To examine the association between clinical and treatment characteristics and antidepressants (AD)-induced manic switch in bipolar disorder (BD).

Methods: Total of 238 euthymic BD patients, who had been followed-up for at least 6 months at the outpatient clinic of Haseki Training and Research Hospital in istanbul, Turkey, were enrolled in this cross-sectional study in 2016. Semi-structured data form, the mood chart, and the mirror-designated assessment were applied to all subjects.

Comparison of clinical and sociodemographic features of bipolar disorder patients with those of social anxiety disorder patients comorbid with bipolar disorder in Turkey.

Objectives: To assess the impact of social anxiety disorder (SAD) comorbidity on the clinical features, illness severity, and response to mood stabilizers in bipolar disorder (BD) patients.

Methods: This retrospective study included bipolar patients that were treated at the Department of Psychiatry, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey in 2015, and who provided their informed consents for participation in this study. The study was conducted by assessing patient files retrospectively.

Childhood emotional abuse and dissociation in patients with conversion symptoms.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between reported childhood trauma and dissociation in patients who have a conversion symptom.

Method: Thirty-two outpatients with a conversion symptom were evaluated using Dissociative Experiences Scale, Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory, Clinician-Administered Dissociative State Scale, and Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule.

Results: A DSM-IV dissociative disorder was diagnosed in 46.