Clozapine-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms and Augmentation with Clonazepam: Risks and Rationales.

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms induced by clozapine negatively affect treatment compliance. In some studies, clonazepam was shown to be beneficial in obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, in literature there are case reports of life-threatening complications associated with the combined use of clozapine and benzodiazepines.

Giant Virchow- Robin spaces may play a role at headache attributed to hypoxia and/or hypercapnia.

According to International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-III Beta version) headache attributed to hypoxia and/or hypercapnia is classified under the 4 title: 10.1.1 High altitude headache, 10.

Readmission Rates and Causes Within The First Six Months After Discharge in Patients with Alcohol Addiction.

Introduction: Readmission rate is an important criterion that evaluates the quality of treatment and care. In this study, it was aimed to determine the rates of readmission and variables predicting readmission in patients with alcohol addiction.

Methods: The study sample consisted of 264 alcohol addiction patients with recurrent admissions between 2005-2017 at the Gazi University Hospital Alcohol and Drug Addiction Clinic.

Assessing the validity and reliability of the Turkish versions of craving beliefs and beliefs about substance use questionnaire in patients with heroin use disorder: demonstrating valid tools to assess cognition-emotion interplay.

Background: Cognitions associated with craving and substance use are important contributors for the psychological theories of Substance use disorders (SUD), as they may affect the course and treatment. In this study, we aimed to validate Turkish version of two major scales 'Beliefs About Substance Use'(BSU) and 'Craving Beliefs Questionnaire'(CBQ) in patients with heroin use disorder and define the interaction of these beliefs with patient profile, depression and anxiety symptoms, with an aim to use these thoughts as targets for treatment.

Methods: One hundred seventy-six inpatients diagnosed with heroin use disorder and 120 participants in the healthy comparison group were evaluated with CBQ, BSU, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and sociodemographic data questionnaire.

Fundamental Characteristics, Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Substance Use Focusing on Cannabis: Findings from the General Population Survey in Turkey, 2011.

Cannabis is the most prevalent illicit drug used in the world. We aimed to determine prevalence and some characteristics of cannabis use in Turkey. The study was based on a cross-sectional survey conducted with a nationally representative sample of 8045 individuals with in-house interviews.

Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Determinants of Tobacco, Alcohol, Substance Use and Drug Misuse in General Population in Turkey.

Introduction: The aim of the current study is to determine prevalence ratios of tobacco, alcohol, substance use and drug misuse in a large scale sample of general population and recognize related socio-demographic factors.

Methods: The study was based on a cross-sectional survey conducted with a nationally representative sample of 8045 individuals with face-to-face, in-house interviews implemented by a trained team of interviewers.

Results: Life-time prevalences of tobacco, alcohol, substance use and drug misuse are 51.

Depression and anxiety in patients with Behçet's disease compared with that in patients with psoriasis.

Background: Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic, episodic disease with an often devastating course. The aim of this study was to evaluate the depression and anxiety levels in patients with BD and to compare them with those in patients with psoriasis.

Methods: Patients were collected from the Dermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

Visual evoked potentials in chronic alcoholism.

In order to evaluate the effect of alcohol consumption and the effect of abstinence on central nervous system generated parameters, we performed pattern visual evoked potential (PVEP) recordings on chronic alcoholics. The study was conducted on forty patients diagnosed as chronic alcoholics according to DSM IV criteria. They were aged mean: 42, and had histories of alcohol abuse for at least six years (mean: 21).

Comparison of liver hemodynamics according to doppler ultrasonography in alcoholic patients subtyped by Cloninger classification and non-alcoholic healthy subjects.

Background: The aim of this study was to search for morphological and hemodynamic changes in hepatic and splanchnic vasculature in alcoholic patients without the signs of hepatic damage and subtyped by Cloninger classification by means of sonography, and compare the subtypes among themselves and with nonalcoholic healthy subjects.

Methods: Thirty alcohol dependent patients and 30 healthy subjects with no alcohol problem or hepatic impairment were included in the study. Patients were subtyped by Cloninger classification and all patients were evaluated by gray-scale and spectral Doppler ultrasound.

Increased frequency of sister chromatid exchanges in peripheral lymphocytes of alcoholics and cigarette smokers.

Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) is a sensitive indicator of genotoxicity. In this study we investigated the effects of alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking on the frequency of SCE in cultures of peripheral lymphocytes. The rate was higher in alcoholics who smoked (10.