To evaluate the burnout of schizophrenia patients' caregivers and to determine possible relationships between sociodemographic characteristics, symptomatology, perceived social support, profile caregivers.Subjects included in study are 76 patients, diagnosed according DSM-IV-TR criteria, their caregivers. A form, Scale for Assessment Positive Symptoms, Negative Symptoms were applied severity symptoms. The Maslach Burnout Inventory Caregivers Multidimensional Perceived Social Support...

Background: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common disorders in older people. Although GAD adults seems to differ many aspects like clinical presentation, severity and treatment response, there a paucity comparative research.Aims: The aim study compare presentation between young adults.Methods: One hundred two non-demented patients (age ≥65) 64 <45) who were diagnosed with according DSM-IV-TR criteria included study. Socio-demographic Data Form, Structured Clinical...

This study investigated the effectiveness of an occupation-based Healthy Nutrition and Wellness Program (HNWP) on dietary knowledge, habits, metabolic values, well-being people with schizophrenia. Forty clients attended HNWP once a week for 12 weeks in addition to routine treatment. Metabolic biochemical Knowledge Form, Well-being Questionnaire were measured before HNWP, after at 6-month follow-up. Repeated measures factorial analysis variance (ANOVA) was used compare each continuous...

Insight is a continuous and multidimensional phenomenon, including awareness of having an illness, the presence symptoms accurate symptom attribution, need for treatment, consequences treatment. Good insight into illness associated with better adherence to cognitive, psychosocial, vocational functioning along less severity, decreased relapses, hospitalizations. Several tools are used evaluation. We recruited 90 patients diagnosed schizophrenia analyzed forms 58 patients. The completed...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess sociodemographic and clinical correlates poor treatment adherence among outpatients with bipolar disorder (BD) in remission period.METHODS: This a cross-sectional carried out University Hospital Turkey, 117 BD according DSM-IV-TR criteria were included. All participants administered form, the SCID-I, Morisky 8-item Medication Adherence Questionnaire, Hamilton Depression Scale, Young Mania Rating Schedule for Assessing three components insight,...

Background/Aim: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical correlates obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidity in patients with schizophrenia. Materials and Methods: This included fifty schizophrenia an existing OCD 200 who did not have diagnosis for a lifetime. participants were administered Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Clinical Global Impressions Severity (CGI-S), Assessment Positive Negative Symptoms (SAPS/SANS), Calgary Depression Schizophrenia (CDSS),...

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess clinical correlates treatment adherence and insight in patients with schizophrenia. Methods: That cross-sectional included 229 outpatients schizophrenia who were admitted the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic Health Sciences University Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training Research Hospital. All participants administered a socio-demographic form, Morisky Medication Adherence Questionnaire, Schedule for Assessing three components insight, Brief Psychiatric...

One-third of the patients with schizophrenia show treatment resistance and literature on effectiveness interventions in persistent symptoms is conflicting. This study aimed to assess clinical preferences clinicians those showing antipsychotics determine correlates interventions.Treatment strategies applied daily practice were inquired retrospectively. Those poor response at least two administered a intervention University Hospital between January September 2018 included. Clinical distinct...

Action naming is reported to be more damaged in patients with schizophrenia than object naming. Aim of this study understand the cortical mechanism underlying negative symptoms seen such as inactivity, restricted behavioral repertoire, by using functional MRI (fMRI) determine whether action origin words have a different representation brain regions and healthy individuals. Our hypothesis that restriction repertoire movement behavior failure "action" "object" are interrelated through same...

<h3>Objectives:</h3> To assess obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidity and symptom (OCS) dimensions in patients with schizophrenia. <h3>Methods:</h3> This cross-sectional study included 300 schizophrenia who were applied to the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic of Health Sciences University Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey between July December 2018. Data collection forms created by researchers individuals. Obsessive-compulsive assessed Yale-Brown...

Objective: Cognitive impairment is a core feature affecting social and occupational functionality in schizophrenia.The aim of this study to compare the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Montreal Assessment (MoCA) screening for cognitive individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia examine relationship between neurocognitive functions clinical symptoms.Method: The included 135 followed Ankara Dışkapı Community Mental Health Centre.Sociodemographic Data Form, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale...

Introduction This study aimed to assess the impact of a holistic combination Occupational Therapy and Social Skills Training on occupational performance, social participation, clinical symptoms in people with schizophrenia. Method 60 schizophrenia were randomly assigned two groups. One group received standardized once week for total 10 sessions, while other 16 sessions. Results A greater increase was determined scores COPM performance/satisfaction Community Integration Questionnaire group....

The primary aim of this study was to compare clinical characteristics between the patients with schizophrenia on clozapine treatment those under combination long-acting injectable and oral antipsychotics (combined treatment), secondary evaluate impact obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidity variables.The applied at Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic University October 2017 March 2018 taking or combined were included in study. participants administered Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS),...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between treatment motivation, addiction characteristics, craving and temperament traits in male patients with alcohol having inpatient treatment.Materials Methods: Male diagnosed according DSM-IV-TR at Ankara Numune Training Research Hospital’s Alcohol Substance Abuse Treatment Center (AMATEM) were included study. evaluated by sociodemographic data form, Penn Craving Scale (PACS), Addiction Profile Index (API), Stages Change...

Inheritance of the schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder (BPD) are considered as multigene in which many gene regions interact with environmental factors. The differential diagnosis between BPD has been a major factor clinical evaluation psychosis for years. development molecular genetic techniques at beginning 2000’s provided high-budget extensive research. Knowledge about human genome risen through researches risk alleles associated inherited diseases have found. course research...

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess effectiveness the group psychoeducation program in euthymic bipolar disorder. Method: Sixty patients with disorder followed at Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital were enrolled into study. randomly divided two groups, 30 medical treatment while participated a along therapy. consisted sixteen weekly sessions each session lasted 90 minutes. Hamilton Depression Scale, Young Mania Rating Bipolar...

Although there is an ongoing discussion about variation of clinical characteristics Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) across different cultures and immigrant populations, great paucity evidence regarding this area. That study was aimed to compare the GAD between Turkish immigrants, native German patients. immigrants (Hannover-Germany) (n=36, F/M=27/9), (Ankara-Turkey) (n=52, F/M=40/12), patients (n=35, F/M=20/15) were diagnosed with according ICD-10 Criteria. Groups assessed by Composite...