Mental Health and Psychiatry

Abstract These updated guidelines are based on a first edition of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for biological treatment of schizophrenia published in 2006. For this 2012 revision, all available publications pertaining to the biological treatment of schizophrenia were re…

• MEHMET EMİN CEYLAN

Abstract These updated guidelines are based on a first edition of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for biological treatment of schizophrenia published in 2006. For this 2012 revision, all available publications pertaining to the biological treatment of schizophrenia were re…

• MEHMET EMİN CEYLAN

BACKGROUND: Cognitive functioning in affective psychosis and schizoaffective disorder is much less studied compared with schizophrenia. AIMS: To quantitatively undertake a meta-analysis of the available data that directly compares cognitive functioning across schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and affective psych…

• İBRAHİM EMRE BORA

It has recently been suggested that the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia should include specific reference to cognitive impairments characterizing the disorder. Arguments in support of this assertion contend that such inclusion would not only serve to increase the awareness of cognitive deficits in affected patien…

• İBRAHİM EMRE BORA

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BACKGROUND: Individuals with schizophrenia are at greater risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS) which is associated with cognitive deficits in the general population. MetS might be potentially an important contributing factor to cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. METHOD: In the current systematic review and meta-anal…

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BACKGROUND: Individuals with schizophrenia are at greater risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS) which is associated with cognitive deficits in the general population. MetS might be potentially an important contributing factor to cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. METHOD: In the current systematic review and meta-anal…

• BERNA BİNNUR AKDEDE
• KÖKSAL ALPTEKİN

BACKGROUND: Individuals with schizophrenia are at greater risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS) which is associated with cognitive deficits in the general population. MetS might be potentially an important contributing factor to cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. METHOD: In the current systematic review and meta-anal…

• BERNA BİNNUR AKDEDE
• İBRAHİM EMRE BORA
• KÖKSAL ALPTEKİN

General psychiatric assessment instruments do not cover DSM-IV dissociative disorders. Many large-scale epidemiological studies led to biased results due to this deficit in their methodology. Nevertheless, screening studies using diagnostic tools designed to assess dissociative disorders yielded lifetime prevalence ra…

BACKGROUND: Several open trials and case studies have reported beneficial effects following the addition of risperidone for partial responders to clozapine. The purpose of this study was to carry out a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind trial of the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of adjunctive treatment…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to critically review the literature in order to determine if Theory of Mind (ToM) impairment can be considered a trait-marker for schizophrenia spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder (BD). METHOD: After a thorough literature search, we reviewed the empirical studies investigating…

• İBRAHİM EMRE BORA

BACKGROUND: Clozapine, despite its side-effect burden, has been considered to be the drug of choice for patients with schizophrenia whose psychotic symptoms fail to respond adequately to other anti-psychotic drugs. There are conflicting data concerning the potential utility of olanzapine in treatment-resistant schizop…