Miraç Barış Usta

ORCID: 0000-0002-1573-3165
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Research Areas
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Educational Methods and Analysis
  • Teacher Professional Development and Motivation

Ondokuz Mayıs University
2015-2023

Fenerbahçe University
2023

Istanbul 29 Mayis University
2021

Google (United States)
2021

Samsun University
2018-2020

Dr Sami Ulus Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
2020

Utrecht University
2018

The long-term closing of schools and home-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic cause negative effects on physical mental health young people. Studies evaluating adolescents are limited in literature.In our study, it was aimed to determine results measures taken for affecting factors.This study conducted as an online cross-sectional self-report questionnaire included children aged between 12 18 years. data were obtained from volunteer families via Facebook family groups, Google Forms...

10.1111/appy.12406 article EN Asia-Pacific Psychiatry 2020-08-11

OBJECTIVEStudies show partial improvements in some core symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) time. However, the predictive factors (e.g. pretreatment IQ, comorbid psychiatric disorders, adaptive, and language skills, etc.) for a better outcome was not studied with machine learning methods. We aimed to examine predictors methods, which are novel computational methods including statistical estimation, information theories mathematical automatically discovering useful patterns large...

10.1080/24750573.2018.1545334 article EN cc-by Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2018-11-16

One of the areas social cognition is Theory Mind (ToM) defined as capacity to interpret, infer and explain mental states underlying behavior others. When studies on neurodevelopmental disorders are examined, it can be seen that this skill has not been studied sufficiently in children with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD).In study, skills diagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), SLD or Autism Spectrum (ASD) evaluated before puberty compared controls. To evaluate ToM skills,...

10.30773/pi.2018.10.01 article EN Psychiatry Investigation 2018-12-06

Objectives The number of studies investigating inflammatory biomarkers in bipolar disorder has increased significantly recent years. neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet (PLR), and monocyte (MLR) are inexpensive easy obtain values used measure the level inflammation. This study compared NLR, PLR, MLR manic euthymic phases same patients.Methods Patients who met inclusion criteria were hospitalized due affective episodes at Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty Medicine inpatient...

10.1080/08039488.2020.1807048 article EN Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 2020-08-17

Recent evidence shows that the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis can be dysregulated in chronic sexual abuse victims with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We hypothesized PTSD adolescents exposed to a single trauma may function as stressor leading HPA-axis dysregulation.The objective of this study was assess dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S) and cortisol levels female |with trauma-related compared healthy controls.We assessed 20 adolescent (age 12-18) from Ondokuz Mayis...

10.3109/08039488.2015.1056752 article EN Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 2015-07-15

The aim of our study was to conduct an emotional analysis Turkish Twitter messages related autism spectrum disorders (ASD).An emotion performed using quantitative and qualitative methods on shared between November 2021 January 2022 that contained the words "autism" "autistic."It found 81.5% 13,042 constituted sample this neutral emotions. most frequently used in were autism, a, universe, strong, patience, warriors, happy. revealed three main themes. These themes were: "experiences,"...

10.7759/cureus.38446 article EN Cureus 2023-05-02

Objective: Complexity analysis is a method employed to understand the activity of brain. The effect methylphenidate (MPH) treatment on neuro-cortical complexity changes still unknown. This study aimed reveal how MPH affects brain children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using entropy-based quantitative EEG analysis. Three embedding entropy approaches were applied short segments both pre- and post- medication series. signals recorded for 25 boys combined type ADHD prior...

10.1177/15500594211064008 article EN Clinical EEG and Neuroscience 2021-12-20

Zihin kuramı son kırk yılda yapılan klinik çalışmalarla psikiyatrideki önemi ortaya konulan bir sosyal biliş becerisidir. becerisi başkalarının zihinsel durumlarını ve duygularını fark edebilme yeteneği olarak canlı olan insanın işlevselliğinde etkili gerekli beceri görülmektedir. Hayatın özellikle ilk altı yılında pek çok ilişkili alanla birlikte temeli atılan bu becerinin, ayna nöronlarla başlayan limbik paralimbik yapılar, prefrontal korteks gibi nörobiyolojik temelle ilgili bulguları...

10.18863/pgy.390629 article TR cc-by-nc-nd Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry 2018-12-23

Objective: In literature, recent evidence has shown that the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis can be dysregulated in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and HPA hormones may predict psychotherapy treatment response PTSD. this study, it was aimed to investigate changing cortisol DHEA-S levels post-eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) therapy relationship between basal cortisol, before treatment.Method: The study group comprised 40 adolescents (age, 12–18...

10.1080/08039488.2017.1406984 article EN Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 2017-11-24

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental with an increasing frequency, manifested by functional disorders in social communication and interaction, limited interests, repetitive behaviors. The etiology of autism has not yet been fully elucidated there are many areas that need further study. Increasing studies have shown disruptions synaptic functions critical the onset ASD. Glial cells role regulation functions. In ASD, changes seen number neurons glia affected cerebral cortex,...

10.18863/pgy.1189139 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry 2023-04-10

Objective: Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte (PLR), and monocyte/lymphocyte (MLR) are practical inflammation parameters. In bipolar disorder (BD) major depressive (MDD), these parameters were reported higher than in healthy controls (HC). We aim to compare NLR, PLR, MLR HC patients with MDD BB-manic episode. Method: Forty-six 43 BD hospitalized between 2013 2017 40 included the study. White blood cell, neutrophil, lymphocyte, platelet, monocyte numbers entered...

10.14744/dajpns.2019.00047 article EN Dusunen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences 2019-01-01

Backgroud/aim: Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a public health problem with negative effects on the mental and development of children adolescents. The aim this study was to identify psychiatric outcomes child sexual abuse trauma-related behavioural emotional problems in Method: 136 CSA victims age gender-matched control group participated between 1 December 2010 31 2013. Diagnostic evaluation applied criteria DSM-IV-TR by adolescent psychiatrists behavioral were assessed Youth Self Report....

10.18521/ktd.382121 article EN Konuralp Tıp Dergisi 2018-08-08

Introduction.Symptoms of psychological trauma are known to be seen at varying rates in children following extremity trauma.The treatment methods for paediatric fractures may affect the symptoms experienced after aim this study was determine post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) developing fracture patients and investigate fracture-related factors that could PTSD.Materials Methods.The included a total 30 who presented Emergency Department were diagnosed with an isolated, displaced any...

10.25083/2559.5555/5.1/24.28 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery 2020-05-20

Otizm spektrum bozukluğu çocukluk çağında başlayan gelişimsel bir bozukluktur ve kısıtlı, tekrarlayan davranış veya ilgi modellerine ek olarak sosyal iletişim etkileşimlerde bozukluklar ile karakterizedir.Çekirdek semptomlara etkili medikal tedavinin olmaması, otizmde erken sürekli eğitimin önemini ön plana çıkarmaktadır.Erken müdahaleyi içeren eğitsel modellerin çoğunlukla bilimsel açıdan zayıf kanıtlar destekleniyor olması bu alandaki güçlüklerden tanesidir.Bu araştırmada, etkililiğine...

10.4274/tjcamh.galenos.2020.43531 article TR Çocuk ve Gençlik Ruh Sağlığı Dergisi / Turkish Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2020-11-05

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between sociodemographic, clinical and neuropsychological variables suicide attempts by comparing adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) without attempt.

10.29399/npa.24776 article EN Nöro Psikiyatri Arşivi 2020-01-01

Objective: In the literature, children and families have been reported to show high rates of non-adherence psychopharmacological treatment. This study aimed investigate psychotropic drug selection, repeat prescription rates, compliance in who presented psychiatry department a university hospital. Method: Patients examined at Ondokuz Mayis University Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic were included study. retrospectively screened with Nucleus® system. Results: 12607 patients study, 8889 whom...

10.5350/dajpn2018310107 article EN Dusunen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences 2018-03-30

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental diseases that manifest themselves at early ages as insufficient social and communicative skills, repetitive sensory-motor behaviors restricted interests, peculiar combinations of these traits. prevalence in wealthy nations is currently rising. Due to increasing numbers diagnosis, studies on the genetic background autism have gained momentum recently. Especially research mitochondrial dysfunction mammalian target rapamycin (mTOR)...

10.18863/pgy.1205786 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry 2023-04-10

Abstract Background The purpose of the study was to investigate whether autistic traits predicted presence and recurrence self-harm determine any relationship mediated by Interpersonal Psychological Theory Suicide (IPTS), which composed social influence negative life experiences on suicide, is referred as "acquired capability", while proximal risk factors are "thwarted belonging perceived burdensomeness." Results We evaluated interaction with Autistic Quotient (AQ) score it explained...

10.1186/s41983-023-00658-y article EN cc-by The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023-04-24

Object: Due to the low number of children and adult psychiatric clinics serving in our country, there is limited data this age group literature.In study, it was aimed determine factors affecting duration admission adolescents receiving treatment Samsun Ondokuz Mayýs University Medical Faculty Psychiatry Clinic.Methods: Hospital records 194 aged between 11 18 years who were hospitalized at Psychiatric Service January 2013 December 2015 retrospectively reviewed.ANOVA logistic regression...

10.5505/kpd.2017.28290 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2017-01-01

Several case reports in the literature mention sexual offenses committed by patients with Asperger syndrome. There are no clear data to distinguish circumscribed behavior from actions resulting arousal. In this case, we had assess criminal responsibility of an adolescent girl diagnosed syndrome according DSM-5 who been charged possession child pornography and sharing material on social media. This is a reminder that may cause forensic incidents or misunderstandings. When evaluating offenses,...

10.5350/dajpn2018310111 article EN Dusunen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences 2018-03-30
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