Risk of Relapse Assessment Scale for Metamphetamine Abusers: Reliability and Validity Study of the Turkish Version.

Background: This study aims to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish adaptation of the 16-item Risk of Relapse Assessment Scale (RRAS) for methamphetamine abusers.

Methods: A total of 160 patients diagnosed with methamphetamine use disorder were included in this study to evaluate the validity and reliability of the scale. The comparison of the relationship between the Risk of Relapse Assessment Scale, the Substance Craving Scale, and the Relapse Prediction Scale was also carried out.

Refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder with symptoms regressing after thalamic infarction: A case report.

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder involving predominantly the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loop. Although it is usually associated with various disorders of basal ganglia and thalamus, it is difficult to say what kind of impairment causes this situation exactly. Structural brain lesions may be one of the rare causes of refractory psychiatric symptoms.

Stress in couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology.

Purpose: To determine the associations between pre-treatment self-reported stress level, salivary cortisol levels, and clinical pregnancy outcome in couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology treatment (ART).

Study Design: Seventy-five couples (150 patients) undergoing ART treatment were enrolled in this study. Psychological variables were assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Beck Depression Inventory.

Evaluation of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Efficiency in Major Depressive Disorder Patients: A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study.

Objective: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). This study evaluated the antidepressant effect of rTMS and examined how it affected N-asetyl aspartate (NAA), choline (Cho), creatine (Cr), lactate (Lac), myoinositol (mIns), glutamate (Glu), glutathione (GSH), and glutamine (Gln) metabolite levels in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of MDD patients who were not receiving antidepressant medication.

Methods: In total, 18 patients (10 female, 8 male) were evaluated.

Toxoplasma gondii - obsessive -compulsive disorder relationship: is it different in children?

Background And Aim: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common neuropsychiatric illness. Although the etiology of OCD is still unknown, recent investigations have associated development of OCD with infectious illness. Toxoplasma gondii (T.

Does Psychodrama Affect Perceived Stress, Anxiety-Depression Scores and Saliva Cortisol in Patients with Depression?

Objective: Little is known about the effects of psychodrama group therapy on the level of stress, anxiety and depression of the group members, and the biological markers of stress. The aim of this study test cortisol level as a biological reflection of some mental characteristics gained by the psychodrama method in coping with stress.

Methods: Depressive patients aged between 18 and 65 years, who diagnosed with depression according to DSM-5, without psychiatric comorbidity, who do not use drugs and were available for psychodrama were enrolled into the study.

Effects of Relaxation Exercises and Music Therapy on the Psychological Symptoms and Depression Levels of Patients with Schizophrenia.

Purpose: This study aims to identify the effects of relaxation exercises and music therapy on the psychological symptoms and depression levels of patients with chronic schizophrenia.

Materials And Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted using pre- and post-tests with a control group. The study population consists of patients with schizophrenia who regularly attended community mental health centers in the Malatya and Elazığ provinces of Turkey between May 2015 and September 2015.

Association between latent toxoplasmosis and clinical course of schizophrenia - continuous course of the disease is characteristic for Toxoplasma gondii-infected patients.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between various clinical aspects of schizophrenia and seropositivity against Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908). We selected 94 patients with schizophrenia and investigated the seropositivity rate for anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies by ELISA.

The neuropsychological and neurophysiological profile of women with pseudoseizure.

Objective: Our aim in this study was to compare the assessments of neuropsychological tests and the p50 neurophysiological test of patients with seizure diagnosed as conversion disorder and healthy control subjects, and to investigate the neurological status in conversion disorder with pseudoseizure.

Methods: A total of 22 female conversion disorder patients with convulsions diagnosed according to SCID-I/CV and 22 healthy women were included in the assessment. The participants were administered WMS-R, the cancellation test, and the Stroop test as neuropsychological tests and p50 was assessed as a neurophysiological test.

Acute and chronic effects of electroconvulsive treatment on oxidative parameters in schizophrenia patients.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment alternative for schizophrenia. Previous studies have already indicated the possible effects of oxidative stress in this disorder. However, there have been no previous studies evaluating the effects of ECT on the oxidative stress in these patients.

Pituitary volume in patients with panic disorder.

Panic patients have many functional deficiencies in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Previous studies have shown changed pituitary gland volume in some psychiatric disorders that have functional deficiencies in the HPA axis. However, to date no study has evaluated the pituitary gland volume in patients with panic disorder (PD).

Is there any role of Toxoplasma gondii in the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common psychiatric illness. Although the aetiology of OCD is still unknown, the family-genetic data show that familial forms of OCD may be associated with a specific genetic susceptibility. Recent investigations have associated development of OCD with infectious illness.

[Patients' explanation models for their illness and help-seeking behavior].

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate some variables that affect patients' explanation models for their illness and help-seeking behavior.

Methods: Sampling was done between 2002 and 2003 among psychiatric patients who were admitted to university hospital in Malatya. Diagnoses of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder were made according to DSM-IV criteria.

The role of oxidative stress in postoperative delirium.

Aim: This study aimed to determine a marker that predicts delirium using preoperative oxidative processes in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.

Method: Twelve of the 50 patients included in the study showed signs of delirium during postoperative follow-up. The Delirium Rating Scale was used in patients with delirium according to DSM-IV-TR in the postoperative period.

[Family functioning in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and epilepsy].

Objective: To evaluate the impact of illness progression on the family functioning of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and epilepsy showing chronic relapsing progress and affecting functionality.

Method: A total of 75 patients who were diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria as having schizophrenia (n: 25), bipolar affective disorder (n: 25) or epilepsy (n: 25) and their 134 family members were included in the study. A socio-demographical data form was completed by consulting the patient and family members, and a Family Assessment Device (FAD) was used.

Altered diurnal variation of nitric oxide production in patients with panic disorder.

The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the diurnal change in serum nitric oxide (NO) levels in active and remission phases of patients with panic disorder. This study included 15 patients fulfilling the criteria for panic disorder of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders--Fourth Edition and 15 healthy controls matched for age and sex. All patients were receiving a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor at therapeutic doses.

Topographic abnormalities in event-related potentials in children with monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis.

Aims: A functional maturational delay in the central nervous system is dwelled upon in the pathogenesis of monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE). In this study we studied whether according to controls N200 and P300, components of the event-related potential (ERP), which is related to aspects of cognitive processing, showed any difference in its topographic distribution in children within the age group 10-13 with monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis and discussed its relation to the pathogenesis of MNE.

Methods: We performed P300 in 18 patients with MNE and in 16 age-matched healthy subjects.

[Social skills training in psychosocial therapy of schizophrenia: a multicenter study for symptom management and medication management modules].

Objective: It is known that psychosocial skills training programs increase the efficacy of schizophrenia treatment. The aim of this study was to carry out the Turkish version of two modules of a commonly used program, Social Skills Training (Medication Management and Symptom Management Modules), and to determine its possible benefits.

Method: The study was carried out at three sites.

The indices of endogenous oxidative and antioxidative processes in plasma from schizophrenic patients. The possible role of oxidant/antioxidant imbalance.

There is great evidence in recent years that oxygen free radicals play an important role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The present study was performed to assess the changes in plasma nitric oxide (NO) and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) levels, and superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), and xanthine oxidase (XO) activities in schizophrenic patients compared to age- and sex-matched normal controls. A hundred patients with schizophrenia and 51 healthy volunteers were included in the study.

Seasonal affective disorder in eight groups in Turkey: a cross-national perspective.

Objective: Previous estimates of the prevalence of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in community-based samples generally originated from western countries. We report prevalence rates in eight groups from four latitudes in Turkey.

Method: Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ) was distributed to the community-based samples from eight different locations at four latitudes in Turkey.