- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Williams Syndrome Research
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Neurological and metabolic disorders
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Istanbul University
2019-2023
Harvard University
2021-2023
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2021-2023
The choroid plexus (ChP) is part of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier, regulating brain homeostasis and brain's response to peripheral events. Its upregulation enlargement are considered essential in psychosis. However, timing ChP has not been established. This study introduces a novel magnetic resonance imaging-based segmentation method examine volumes two cohorts individuals with first sample consists 41 early course psychosis (mean duration illness = 1.78 years) 30 healthy...
We investigated insight and its relationship with the clinical characteristics in eating disorders (EDs). Thirty anorexia nervosa (AN) 30 bulimia (BN) patients, diagnosed based on Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Fifth Edition criteria, were evaluated Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q), Body Image Satisfaction (BISQ), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Brown Assessment Beliefs (BABS). There was no statistically significant difference between AN BN group...
Long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) increase drug compliance and offer a reliable treatment option with stable pharmacokinetics. The aim of our study is to examine the rate predictors LAIs' prescription at discharge in inpatients schizophrenia other psychotic disorders. This retrospective included 400 inpatients. Sociodemographic clinical characteristics patients, treatments applied past prescribed were obtained from hospitalization files. We compared these those who given LAI...
Formal thought disorder (FTD) in individuals with ultra-high risk for psychosis (UHR) is grouped as positive and negative FTD. It has been reported that FTD this group related to conversion psychosis. The aim of study investigate the relationship between severity clinical symptoms, global role functioning, premorbid adjustment level cognition our UHR sample (n=121). We also studied at baseline functioning sixth month follow-up. Positive was measured by sum item scores formal subset Schedule...
Abstract Background Although the growing evidence show advantages of long acting injectable (LAI)antipsychotics on treatment psychotic disorders, characteristics patients with disorders using LAI is not studied enough. The aim this retrospective study to understand clinical whom any was prescribed at discharge from hospital Methods We screened files 400 inpatients psychosis spectrum who were treated in inpatient units Istanbul Faculty Medicine, Department Psychiatry between...
The aim was to compare insight levels into obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS), and metacognitions of patients with disorder (OCD) schizophrenia comorbid OCD (SZ-OCD). Thirty 30 SZ-OCD were evaluated; no significant difference found between the groups in Brown Assessment Beliefs Scale (BABS) Metacognition Questionnaire-30 (MCQ-30). When all divided two regardless presence or absence as "good insight" "poor insight," MCQ-30 total score be higher group showed a but moderate positive...