Objective: Present study aims to compare control group patients and patients with diffuse alopeci... more Objective: Present study aims to compare control group patients and patients with diffuse alopecia in order to understand the nature of the relationship between symptoms and level of anger and to see whether patient group has higher number of symptoms than control group. Methods: 43 female patients who were diagnosed diffuse alopecia in dermatology clinic and 52 age-andgender-matched control participants were included in the study. 20% of patients (n=19) with androgenetic alopecia, 10.5% of patients (n=10) with diffuse alopecia areata and 14.7% of patients (n=14) with telogen effluvium participated in study. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and The Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale (TAAES) were filled by the participants. Also patients were followed up by a standard hospital form recording alopecia. Results: It was found that patients with alopecia revealed significantly more depression (p<0,001) and anxiety (p<0,001) scores than control group. Also trait anger (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) and anxiety (β =-0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) scores significantly predicted alopecia group. Additionally total time period for alopecia significantly and positively correlated with depression (r= 0,402, p<0.01) and anxiety (r=0,393, p<0,01) scores. Comparing patient groups with each other, trait anger and expressed anger were significantly different across groups. Conclusion: Patient group reported more anxiety and depressive symptoms than control group. In treatment of patients with alopecia, bidirectional relationship between alopecia and psychological symptoms should be in consideration. Collaboration with psychiatry is suggested in order to improve treatment efficacy and patients' life satisfaction. In addition anger management seems essential in treatment of patients with diffuse alopecia.
Objective:To compare the neuro-cognitive profiles among initial clinic referred medication naive ... more Objective:To compare the neuro-cognitive profiles among initial clinic referred medication naive sample of children with anxiety disorders (ANXs) and ADHD in a youth sample. Method: Three groups of patients, ANX ( n = 40), ADHD ( n = 48), and ANX + ADHD ( n = 33), aged 7 to 12 years, were compared with respect to their Physical and Neurological Examination for Subtle Signs (PANESS) and cognitive measures (digit span, digit symbol, Trail Making Test [TMT]-A and TMT-B, Stroop test). Results: ADHD group performed worse than the other two groups with regard to soft signs and cognitive test performance; ANX + ADHD were impaired relative to ANX but better than ADHD. Significant differences were found for gait and station problems, overflows and timed movements, TMT error points, and Stroop interference scores. ADHD patients had more difficulty in warding off irrelevant responses and lower speed of time-limited movements. Conclusion: This clinical evaluation study suggested that ANX and AD...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice of swaddling by Turkish mothers residin... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice of swaddling by Turkish mothers residing in different areas of the country (rural or urban), and determine to their level of knowledge on its positive and negative effects on children's health. A total of 632 mothers with an infant aged 0-3 months who presented to our University Hospital volunteered their participation and 598 mothers were included in the study. The study was based on a questionnaire form given to the mothers. Two hundred eighty three (283) mothers swaddled their infants (47.3 %), while 315 mothers did not swaddle (52.7%). The mothers that swaddled their baby cited tradition ("That's what I learned from my elders") as the most common reason (38%) for swaddling. The most important reason (32%) for not swaddling was the mothers' belief "that it would prevent normal development". In Turkey, the swaddling tends to decrease with the increase of maternal education level and socio-eco...
Introduction: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by attention probl... more Introduction: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by attention problems, deficient impulse control, and hyperactivity in childhood and persists through adulthood. Adult ADHD symptoms (ADHDs) are known to associate with comorbid psychiatric disorders, particularly substance/alcohol use (SA). Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between ADHDs with SA among university students. Methods: Among a total of 803 randomly selected students from two universities, regarding exclusion criteria 582 was remained and grouped into three groups due to the Turkish version of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) cut-off scores, namely, highly likely (HLG), likely (LG) and without ADHD (WG), respectively. They were assessed through online close-ended questions and likert-typed data form related to substance use and CAGE, assessment for Alcohol abuse risk. Chi-square was used. Results: Using cigarette and substances, namely, cannabis, ecstasy, inhalants, benzodiazepine and without awareness of the individual were higher in the HLG than the WG. While hookah, energy drink use and CAGE were higher in HLG, only CAGE was significantly different than the WG. Moreover, the HLG reached substance more easily and reported more relative and friend users around them whereas WG reported more people without substance use. Conclusions: Consistent with previous studies, students with severe ADHDs had higher rates of SA and negatively affect their lives. Also, since individuals with ADHDs have more risk of SA, they can have more access to potential other than WG. Therefore, clinicians should carefully assess ADHDs and take SA into consideration.
Relation of anxiety and depressive symptoms with perceived social support according to gender wit... more Relation of anxiety and depressive symptoms with perceived social support according to gender within infertile couples Objective: Evaluation of infertile couples’ emotional symptoms and perceived social supports according to gender differences. Method: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were administered to 66 primarily infertile couples that did not have psychiatric Axis-I disorders according to DSM-IV. Results: According to the scale’s average points, the samples’ depressive symptom levels did not indicate clinical depression; rather, anxiety levels were in normal ranges. Comparing participants’ anxiety according to gender, female participants were more anxious than male participants. Couples reported less anxiety and depression as long as they perceived higher social support. It was found that the combined infertility group, in which both women and men have problems to conceive, had more perceived social support from significant other and friends than in the female-originated infertility group. Also, results revealed that the male-originated infertility group reported more perceived social support from significant other compared to the female-originated infertility group. Conclusion: Social support and emotional stress of females in infertile couples are more than males’, and perceived sufficient social support decreases couples’ emotional symptoms.
Objective: Present study aims to compare control group patients and patients with diffuse alopeci... more Objective: Present study aims to compare control group patients and patients with diffuse alopecia in order to understand the nature of the relationship between symptoms and level of anger and to see whether patient group has higher number of symptoms than control group.
Methods: 43 female patients who were diagnosed diffuse alopecia in dermatology clinic and 52 age-and-gender-matched control participants were included in the study. 20% of patients (n=19) with androgenetic alopecia, 10.5% of patients (n=10) with diffuse alopecia areata and 14.7% of patients (n=14) with telogen effluvium participated in study. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and The Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale (TAAES) were filled by the participants. Also patients were followed up by a standard hospital form recording alopecia.
Results: It was found that patients with alopecia revealed significantly more depression (p<0,001) and anxiety (p<0,001) scores than control group. Also trait anger (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) and anxiety (β = -0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) scores significantly predicted alopecia group. Additionally total time period for alopecia significantly and positively correlated with depression (r= 0,402, p<0.01) and anxiety (r=0,393, p<0,01) scores. Comparing patient groups with each other, trait anger and expressed anger were significantly different across groups.
Conclusion: Patient group reported more anxiety and depressive symptoms than control group. In treatment of patients with alopecia, bidirectional relationship between alopecia and psychological symptoms should be in consideration. Collaboration with psychiatry is suggested in order to improve treatment efficacy and patients’ life satisfaction. In addition anger management seems essential in treatment of patients with diffuse alopecia.
Diffüz alopesili kadınlarda öfke, anksiyete ve depresyon
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Amaç: Bu çalışmada diffüz alopesili hastalarda psikiyatrik belirti sıklığının sağlıklı kontrollere göre daha fazla olup olmadığının belirlenmesi ve bunların öfke düzeyleriyle ilişkisinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntemler: Bu çalışmaya dermatoloji polikliniğinde diffüz alopesi tanısı konulan 43 kadın hasta ile cinsiyet ve yaş açısından uyumlu sağlıklı 52 gönüllü dâhil edildi. Dermatolojik tanı olarak diffüz alopesi alt tiplerinden androgenetik alopesi tanısı alan 19 (%20,0), diffüz alopesia areata tanısı alan 10 (%10,5), telogen effluvium tanısı alan 14 (%14,7) kişi çalışmaya dâhil edildi. Hastalara ve kontrol grubuna Hastane Anksiyete ve Depresyon Ölçeği (HAD) ve Sürekli Öfke ve Öfke Tarz Ölçeği (SÖÖTÖ) uygulandı. Standart hazırlanan “Saç Dökülmesi Hasta Takip Formu”na hastaların kayıtları yapıldı.
Bulgular: Alopesili hasta grubunda sağlıklı kontrollere göre anksiyete (p<0.001) ve depresyon (p<0.001) puanları anlamlı olarak yüksek bulunmuştur. Ayrıca sürekli öfke (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) ve anksiyete (β = -0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) puanlarının tanı grubunu anlamlı derecede öngördüğü ve ayırt edici olduğu belirlendi. Saç dökülme süresinin, anlamlı ölçüde depresyon (r= 0,402, p<0.01) ve anksiyete (r=0,393, p<0.01) puanları ile pozitif korelasyon gösterdiği bulundu. Dermatolojik tanılar birbirleriyle karşılaştırıldığında, sürekli öfke ve öfke dışa alt ölçekleri arasında anlamlı derecede farklılıklar saptandı.
Sonuç: Alopesili hastalarda sağlıklı kontrollere göre anksiyete ve depresif belirtilerin daha fazla olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu hastalara bu tür psikiyatrik rahatsızlıklar sıklıkla eşlik ettiği için psikiyatri kliniği ile işbirliği yapılması; hem tedavinin başarısını, hem de hastanın yaşam kalitesini olumlu yönde etkileyecektir. Ayrıca bu hastalarda öfke ve öfke ifade tarzı üzerinde de dikkatle durulmalıdır. Bu ilişkinin farkında olmak diffüz alopesi hastalarının tedavisine katkı sağlayacaktır.
The previous studies have found a relationship between IA and both impulsivity and psychopatholog... more The previous studies have found a relationship between IA and both impulsivity and psychopathology when they were considered separately. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) with impulsivity and severity of psychopathology among Turkish university students. We also wanted to control the effect of impulsivity dimensions on the relationship between IA and psychopathology. A total of 319 university students from two universities in Ankara participated to the study. Students were assessed through the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS), the Symptom Checklist-Revised (SCL-90-R) and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11). Correlational analyses revealed that severity of IA was related to both SCL-90-R and BIS-11 scores. Among SCL-90-R subscales, severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) was the only predictor for IAS score. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that interpersonal sensitivity, additional to attentional and motor impulsiveness, was the predictor of IAS score. Although severity of IA is associated with wide range of psychopathology, particularly OCS, interpersonal sensitivity seems to be the main dimension that predict severity of IAS additional to impulsiveness (attentional and motor). Impulsivity seems to be an important construct when considering IA and its treatment among Turkish university students.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) risk with th... more The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) risk with the severity of borderline personality features, childhood traumas, dissociative experiences, depression and anxiety symptoms among Turkish university students. A total of 271 Turkish university students participated in this study. The students were assessed through the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS), the Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI), the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-28), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The rates of students were 19.9% (n=54) in the high IA risk group, 38.7% (n=105) in the mild IA risk group and 41.3% (n=112) in the group without IA risk. Correlation analyses revealed that the severity of IA risk was related with BPI, DES, emotional abuse, CTQ-28, depression and anxiety scores. Univariate covariance analysis (ANCOVA) indicated that the severity of borderline personality features, emotional abuse, depression and anxiety symptoms were the predictors of IAS score, while gender had no effect on IAS score. Among childhood trauma types, emotional abuse seems to be the main predictor of IA risk severity. Borderline personality features predicted the severity of IA risk together with emotional abuse, depression and anxiety symptoms among Turkish university students.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of attention deficit/hyperactivity symp... more The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms (ADHS) with severity of Internet addiction risk (SIAR), while controlling the effects of variables such as depression, anxiety, anger, sensation seeking and lack of assertiveness among university students. Cross-sectional online self-report survey was conducted in two universities among a representative sample of 582 Turkish university students. The students were assessed through the Addiction Profile Index Internet Addiction Form Screening Version (BAPINT-SV), the Psychological Screening Test for Adolescents (PSTA) and the Adult Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder Self-Report Scale (ASRS). The participants were classified into the two groups as those with high risk of Internet addiction (HRIA) (11%) and those with low risk of Internet addiction (IA) (89%). The mean age was lower in the group with HRIA, whereas depression, anxiety, sensation seeking, anger, lack of assertiveness and ADHS scores were higher in this group. Lastly, a hierarchical regression analysis suggested that severity of sensation seeking and ADHS, particularly attention deficiency, predicted SIAR. The severity of sensation seeking and ADHS, particularly attention deficit symptoms, are important for SIAR. Awareness of sensation seeking among those with high ADHS may be important in prevention and management of IA among university students.
Dusunen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences, 2012
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) risk with th... more The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) risk with the severity of borderline personality features, childhood traumas, dissociative experiences, depression and anxiety symptoms among Turkish university students. A total of 271 Turkish university students participated in this study. The students were assessed through the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS), the Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI), the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-28), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The rates of students were 19.9% (n=54) in the high IA risk group, 38.7% (n=105) in the mild IA risk group and 41.3% (n=112) in the group without IA risk. Correlation analyses revealed that the severity of IA risk was related with BPI, DES, emotional abuse, CTQ-28, depression and anxiety scores. Univariate covariance analysis (ANCOVA) indicated that the severity of borderline personality fea...
Background: In this study, we aimed to assess the eating attitudes and stress coping styles of pa... more Background: In this study, we aimed to assess the eating attitudes and stress coping styles of parents whose children presented to the clinic complaining of food refusal. Methods: The parents of 31 children aged !3 years, presented to the clinic with the complaint of food refusal. The control group consisted of 30 healthy children with no prior history of food refusal, and their parents. In both groups, birth features, body mass indexes (BMIs), eating attitudes and stress coping styles of the parents were assessed. The parents of both groups were studied, in part utilizing the eating attitudes test (EAT), and the coping styles of stress scale (CSSS). Results: Our study found that body weights and BMI values of the fathers in the study group were significantly lower than fathers in the control group. There was no significant difference in EAT scores between the two groups; however, where the children's body weight and height for age percentile was under 25%, the parents had significantly lower EAT scores. When CSSS scores were assessed, the optimistic approach score of the mother and the self-confident score of the father were found to be significantly high in both groups. Conclusion: The parental perception and definition of eating problemsdoes not necessarily indicate the presence of an eating disorder in a child. In fact, the eating attitudes of the fathers were related to the low percentile weight and height values of the children, and a child's food refusal was not dependent on the stress coping style used by the parent.
Mostly patients with a history of another trauma are comorbid with other psychiatric disorders al... more Mostly patients with a history of another trauma are comorbid with other psychiatric disorders alongside posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Type of trauma, demographics, personality characteristics and psychological well-being before trauma are important factors in the development of PTSD. Purpose of the current study is to study the relationship of PTSD symptoms (PTSDs) with childhood trauma and personality characteristics among patients with diagnosis of depression and anxiety.
Specific phobia is a type of fear-related anxiety disorder in which individuals have permanent an... more Specific phobia is a type of fear-related anxiety disorder in which individuals have permanent and salient fear of an object or a situation differentiating from criterion of the social phobia and agoraphobia. Specific phobias focus on cases with fear of animals, height, storm, wind, dark, closed tight places, plane, swimming and dentist or on specific conditions such as seeing blood. Individuals with specific phobia react to phobia cued stimuli with extreme fear. Current study aims to report a 41-year-old male case with diagnosis and treatment of wind phobia via collaborating previous literature findings.
Objective: Present study aims to compare control group patients and patients with diffuse alopeci... more Objective: Present study aims to compare control group patients and patients with diffuse alopecia in order to understand the nature of the relationship between symptoms and level of anger and to see whether patient group has higher number of symptoms than control group. Methods: 43 female patients who were diagnosed diffuse alopecia in dermatology clinic and 52 age-andgender-matched control participants were included in the study. 20% of patients (n=19) with androgenetic alopecia, 10.5% of patients (n=10) with diffuse alopecia areata and 14.7% of patients (n=14) with telogen effluvium participated in study. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and The Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale (TAAES) were filled by the participants. Also patients were followed up by a standard hospital form recording alopecia. Results: It was found that patients with alopecia revealed significantly more depression (p<0,001) and anxiety (p<0,001) scores than control group. Also trait anger (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) and anxiety (β =-0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) scores significantly predicted alopecia group. Additionally total time period for alopecia significantly and positively correlated with depression (r= 0,402, p<0.01) and anxiety (r=0,393, p<0,01) scores. Comparing patient groups with each other, trait anger and expressed anger were significantly different across groups. Conclusion: Patient group reported more anxiety and depressive symptoms than control group. In treatment of patients with alopecia, bidirectional relationship between alopecia and psychological symptoms should be in consideration. Collaboration with psychiatry is suggested in order to improve treatment efficacy and patients' life satisfaction. In addition anger management seems essential in treatment of patients with diffuse alopecia.
Objective:To compare the neuro-cognitive profiles among initial clinic referred medication naive ... more Objective:To compare the neuro-cognitive profiles among initial clinic referred medication naive sample of children with anxiety disorders (ANXs) and ADHD in a youth sample. Method: Three groups of patients, ANX ( n = 40), ADHD ( n = 48), and ANX + ADHD ( n = 33), aged 7 to 12 years, were compared with respect to their Physical and Neurological Examination for Subtle Signs (PANESS) and cognitive measures (digit span, digit symbol, Trail Making Test [TMT]-A and TMT-B, Stroop test). Results: ADHD group performed worse than the other two groups with regard to soft signs and cognitive test performance; ANX + ADHD were impaired relative to ANX but better than ADHD. Significant differences were found for gait and station problems, overflows and timed movements, TMT error points, and Stroop interference scores. ADHD patients had more difficulty in warding off irrelevant responses and lower speed of time-limited movements. Conclusion: This clinical evaluation study suggested that ANX and AD...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice of swaddling by Turkish mothers residin... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice of swaddling by Turkish mothers residing in different areas of the country (rural or urban), and determine to their level of knowledge on its positive and negative effects on children's health. A total of 632 mothers with an infant aged 0-3 months who presented to our University Hospital volunteered their participation and 598 mothers were included in the study. The study was based on a questionnaire form given to the mothers. Two hundred eighty three (283) mothers swaddled their infants (47.3 %), while 315 mothers did not swaddle (52.7%). The mothers that swaddled their baby cited tradition ("That's what I learned from my elders") as the most common reason (38%) for swaddling. The most important reason (32%) for not swaddling was the mothers' belief "that it would prevent normal development". In Turkey, the swaddling tends to decrease with the increase of maternal education level and socio-eco...
Introduction: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by attention probl... more Introduction: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by attention problems, deficient impulse control, and hyperactivity in childhood and persists through adulthood. Adult ADHD symptoms (ADHDs) are known to associate with comorbid psychiatric disorders, particularly substance/alcohol use (SA). Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between ADHDs with SA among university students. Methods: Among a total of 803 randomly selected students from two universities, regarding exclusion criteria 582 was remained and grouped into three groups due to the Turkish version of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) cut-off scores, namely, highly likely (HLG), likely (LG) and without ADHD (WG), respectively. They were assessed through online close-ended questions and likert-typed data form related to substance use and CAGE, assessment for Alcohol abuse risk. Chi-square was used. Results: Using cigarette and substances, namely, cannabis, ecstasy, inhalants, benzodiazepine and without awareness of the individual were higher in the HLG than the WG. While hookah, energy drink use and CAGE were higher in HLG, only CAGE was significantly different than the WG. Moreover, the HLG reached substance more easily and reported more relative and friend users around them whereas WG reported more people without substance use. Conclusions: Consistent with previous studies, students with severe ADHDs had higher rates of SA and negatively affect their lives. Also, since individuals with ADHDs have more risk of SA, they can have more access to potential other than WG. Therefore, clinicians should carefully assess ADHDs and take SA into consideration.
Relation of anxiety and depressive symptoms with perceived social support according to gender wit... more Relation of anxiety and depressive symptoms with perceived social support according to gender within infertile couples Objective: Evaluation of infertile couples’ emotional symptoms and perceived social supports according to gender differences. Method: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were administered to 66 primarily infertile couples that did not have psychiatric Axis-I disorders according to DSM-IV. Results: According to the scale’s average points, the samples’ depressive symptom levels did not indicate clinical depression; rather, anxiety levels were in normal ranges. Comparing participants’ anxiety according to gender, female participants were more anxious than male participants. Couples reported less anxiety and depression as long as they perceived higher social support. It was found that the combined infertility group, in which both women and men have problems to conceive, had more perceived social support from significant other and friends than in the female-originated infertility group. Also, results revealed that the male-originated infertility group reported more perceived social support from significant other compared to the female-originated infertility group. Conclusion: Social support and emotional stress of females in infertile couples are more than males’, and perceived sufficient social support decreases couples’ emotional symptoms.
Objective: Present study aims to compare control group patients and patients with diffuse alopeci... more Objective: Present study aims to compare control group patients and patients with diffuse alopecia in order to understand the nature of the relationship between symptoms and level of anger and to see whether patient group has higher number of symptoms than control group.
Methods: 43 female patients who were diagnosed diffuse alopecia in dermatology clinic and 52 age-and-gender-matched control participants were included in the study. 20% of patients (n=19) with androgenetic alopecia, 10.5% of patients (n=10) with diffuse alopecia areata and 14.7% of patients (n=14) with telogen effluvium participated in study. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and The Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale (TAAES) were filled by the participants. Also patients were followed up by a standard hospital form recording alopecia.
Results: It was found that patients with alopecia revealed significantly more depression (p<0,001) and anxiety (p<0,001) scores than control group. Also trait anger (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) and anxiety (β = -0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) scores significantly predicted alopecia group. Additionally total time period for alopecia significantly and positively correlated with depression (r= 0,402, p<0.01) and anxiety (r=0,393, p<0,01) scores. Comparing patient groups with each other, trait anger and expressed anger were significantly different across groups.
Conclusion: Patient group reported more anxiety and depressive symptoms than control group. In treatment of patients with alopecia, bidirectional relationship between alopecia and psychological symptoms should be in consideration. Collaboration with psychiatry is suggested in order to improve treatment efficacy and patients’ life satisfaction. In addition anger management seems essential in treatment of patients with diffuse alopecia.
Diffüz alopesili kadınlarda öfke, anksiyete ve depresyon
ÖZET
Amaç: Bu çalışmada diffüz alopesili hastalarda psikiyatrik belirti sıklığının sağlıklı kontrollere göre daha fazla olup olmadığının belirlenmesi ve bunların öfke düzeyleriyle ilişkisinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntemler: Bu çalışmaya dermatoloji polikliniğinde diffüz alopesi tanısı konulan 43 kadın hasta ile cinsiyet ve yaş açısından uyumlu sağlıklı 52 gönüllü dâhil edildi. Dermatolojik tanı olarak diffüz alopesi alt tiplerinden androgenetik alopesi tanısı alan 19 (%20,0), diffüz alopesia areata tanısı alan 10 (%10,5), telogen effluvium tanısı alan 14 (%14,7) kişi çalışmaya dâhil edildi. Hastalara ve kontrol grubuna Hastane Anksiyete ve Depresyon Ölçeği (HAD) ve Sürekli Öfke ve Öfke Tarz Ölçeği (SÖÖTÖ) uygulandı. Standart hazırlanan “Saç Dökülmesi Hasta Takip Formu”na hastaların kayıtları yapıldı.
Bulgular: Alopesili hasta grubunda sağlıklı kontrollere göre anksiyete (p<0.001) ve depresyon (p<0.001) puanları anlamlı olarak yüksek bulunmuştur. Ayrıca sürekli öfke (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) ve anksiyete (β = -0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) puanlarının tanı grubunu anlamlı derecede öngördüğü ve ayırt edici olduğu belirlendi. Saç dökülme süresinin, anlamlı ölçüde depresyon (r= 0,402, p<0.01) ve anksiyete (r=0,393, p<0.01) puanları ile pozitif korelasyon gösterdiği bulundu. Dermatolojik tanılar birbirleriyle karşılaştırıldığında, sürekli öfke ve öfke dışa alt ölçekleri arasında anlamlı derecede farklılıklar saptandı.
Sonuç: Alopesili hastalarda sağlıklı kontrollere göre anksiyete ve depresif belirtilerin daha fazla olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu hastalara bu tür psikiyatrik rahatsızlıklar sıklıkla eşlik ettiği için psikiyatri kliniği ile işbirliği yapılması; hem tedavinin başarısını, hem de hastanın yaşam kalitesini olumlu yönde etkileyecektir. Ayrıca bu hastalarda öfke ve öfke ifade tarzı üzerinde de dikkatle durulmalıdır. Bu ilişkinin farkında olmak diffüz alopesi hastalarının tedavisine katkı sağlayacaktır.
The previous studies have found a relationship between IA and both impulsivity and psychopatholog... more The previous studies have found a relationship between IA and both impulsivity and psychopathology when they were considered separately. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) with impulsivity and severity of psychopathology among Turkish university students. We also wanted to control the effect of impulsivity dimensions on the relationship between IA and psychopathology. A total of 319 university students from two universities in Ankara participated to the study. Students were assessed through the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS), the Symptom Checklist-Revised (SCL-90-R) and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11). Correlational analyses revealed that severity of IA was related to both SCL-90-R and BIS-11 scores. Among SCL-90-R subscales, severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) was the only predictor for IAS score. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that interpersonal sensitivity, additional to attentional and motor impulsiveness, was the predictor of IAS score. Although severity of IA is associated with wide range of psychopathology, particularly OCS, interpersonal sensitivity seems to be the main dimension that predict severity of IAS additional to impulsiveness (attentional and motor). Impulsivity seems to be an important construct when considering IA and its treatment among Turkish university students.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) risk with th... more The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) risk with the severity of borderline personality features, childhood traumas, dissociative experiences, depression and anxiety symptoms among Turkish university students. A total of 271 Turkish university students participated in this study. The students were assessed through the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS), the Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI), the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-28), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The rates of students were 19.9% (n=54) in the high IA risk group, 38.7% (n=105) in the mild IA risk group and 41.3% (n=112) in the group without IA risk. Correlation analyses revealed that the severity of IA risk was related with BPI, DES, emotional abuse, CTQ-28, depression and anxiety scores. Univariate covariance analysis (ANCOVA) indicated that the severity of borderline personality features, emotional abuse, depression and anxiety symptoms were the predictors of IAS score, while gender had no effect on IAS score. Among childhood trauma types, emotional abuse seems to be the main predictor of IA risk severity. Borderline personality features predicted the severity of IA risk together with emotional abuse, depression and anxiety symptoms among Turkish university students.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of attention deficit/hyperactivity symp... more The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms (ADHS) with severity of Internet addiction risk (SIAR), while controlling the effects of variables such as depression, anxiety, anger, sensation seeking and lack of assertiveness among university students. Cross-sectional online self-report survey was conducted in two universities among a representative sample of 582 Turkish university students. The students were assessed through the Addiction Profile Index Internet Addiction Form Screening Version (BAPINT-SV), the Psychological Screening Test for Adolescents (PSTA) and the Adult Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder Self-Report Scale (ASRS). The participants were classified into the two groups as those with high risk of Internet addiction (HRIA) (11%) and those with low risk of Internet addiction (IA) (89%). The mean age was lower in the group with HRIA, whereas depression, anxiety, sensation seeking, anger, lack of assertiveness and ADHS scores were higher in this group. Lastly, a hierarchical regression analysis suggested that severity of sensation seeking and ADHS, particularly attention deficiency, predicted SIAR. The severity of sensation seeking and ADHS, particularly attention deficit symptoms, are important for SIAR. Awareness of sensation seeking among those with high ADHS may be important in prevention and management of IA among university students.
Dusunen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences, 2012
... Şebnem Soysal, Seda Tan, Seçil Aldemir. Tam Metin. PDF. Makale No: 2 Makale Türü: Araştırma. ... more ... Şebnem Soysal, Seda Tan, Seçil Aldemir. Tam Metin. PDF. Makale No: 2 Makale Türü: Araştırma. Bu araştırmada, Wechsler Çocuklar ... Bu kategoriler, nesneleri belli bir sıra olmaksızın, çok boyutlu olarak bir mekan üzerinde manipüle edebilme yeteneğini ölçen görsel-mekansal ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) risk with th... more The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Internet addiction (IA) risk with the severity of borderline personality features, childhood traumas, dissociative experiences, depression and anxiety symptoms among Turkish university students. A total of 271 Turkish university students participated in this study. The students were assessed through the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS), the Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI), the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-28), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The rates of students were 19.9% (n=54) in the high IA risk group, 38.7% (n=105) in the mild IA risk group and 41.3% (n=112) in the group without IA risk. Correlation analyses revealed that the severity of IA risk was related with BPI, DES, emotional abuse, CTQ-28, depression and anxiety scores. Univariate covariance analysis (ANCOVA) indicated that the severity of borderline personality fea...
Background: In this study, we aimed to assess the eating attitudes and stress coping styles of pa... more Background: In this study, we aimed to assess the eating attitudes and stress coping styles of parents whose children presented to the clinic complaining of food refusal. Methods: The parents of 31 children aged !3 years, presented to the clinic with the complaint of food refusal. The control group consisted of 30 healthy children with no prior history of food refusal, and their parents. In both groups, birth features, body mass indexes (BMIs), eating attitudes and stress coping styles of the parents were assessed. The parents of both groups were studied, in part utilizing the eating attitudes test (EAT), and the coping styles of stress scale (CSSS). Results: Our study found that body weights and BMI values of the fathers in the study group were significantly lower than fathers in the control group. There was no significant difference in EAT scores between the two groups; however, where the children's body weight and height for age percentile was under 25%, the parents had significantly lower EAT scores. When CSSS scores were assessed, the optimistic approach score of the mother and the self-confident score of the father were found to be significantly high in both groups. Conclusion: The parental perception and definition of eating problemsdoes not necessarily indicate the presence of an eating disorder in a child. In fact, the eating attitudes of the fathers were related to the low percentile weight and height values of the children, and a child's food refusal was not dependent on the stress coping style used by the parent.
Mostly patients with a history of another trauma are comorbid with other psychiatric disorders al... more Mostly patients with a history of another trauma are comorbid with other psychiatric disorders alongside posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Type of trauma, demographics, personality characteristics and psychological well-being before trauma are important factors in the development of PTSD. Purpose of the current study is to study the relationship of PTSD symptoms (PTSDs) with childhood trauma and personality characteristics among patients with diagnosis of depression and anxiety.
Specific phobia is a type of fear-related anxiety disorder in which individuals have permanent an... more Specific phobia is a type of fear-related anxiety disorder in which individuals have permanent and salient fear of an object or a situation differentiating from criterion of the social phobia and agoraphobia. Specific phobias focus on cases with fear of animals, height, storm, wind, dark, closed tight places, plane, swimming and dentist or on specific conditions such as seeing blood. Individuals with specific phobia react to phobia cued stimuli with extreme fear. Current study aims to report a 41-year-old male case with diagnosis and treatment of wind phobia via collaborating previous literature findings.
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Methods: 43 female patients who were diagnosed diffuse alopecia in dermatology clinic and 52 age-and-gender-matched control participants were included in the study. 20% of patients (n=19) with androgenetic alopecia, 10.5% of patients (n=10) with diffuse alopecia areata and 14.7% of patients (n=14) with telogen effluvium participated in study. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and The Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale (TAAES) were filled by the participants. Also patients were followed up by a standard hospital form recording alopecia.
Results: It was found that patients with alopecia revealed significantly more depression (p<0,001) and anxiety (p<0,001) scores than control group. Also trait anger (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) and anxiety (β = -0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) scores significantly predicted alopecia group. Additionally total time period for alopecia significantly and positively correlated with depression (r= 0,402, p<0.01) and anxiety (r=0,393, p<0,01) scores. Comparing patient groups with each other, trait anger and expressed anger were significantly different across groups.
Conclusion: Patient group reported more anxiety and depressive symptoms than control group. In treatment of patients with alopecia, bidirectional relationship between alopecia and psychological symptoms should be in consideration. Collaboration with psychiatry is suggested in order to improve treatment efficacy and patients’ life satisfaction. In addition anger management seems essential in treatment of patients with diffuse alopecia.
Key words: Diffuse alopecia, depression, anxiety, anger
Diffüz alopesili kadınlarda öfke, anksiyete ve depresyon
ÖZET
Amaç: Bu çalışmada diffüz alopesili hastalarda psikiyatrik belirti sıklığının sağlıklı kontrollere göre daha fazla olup olmadığının belirlenmesi ve bunların öfke düzeyleriyle ilişkisinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntemler: Bu çalışmaya dermatoloji polikliniğinde diffüz alopesi tanısı konulan 43 kadın hasta ile cinsiyet ve yaş açısından uyumlu sağlıklı 52 gönüllü dâhil edildi. Dermatolojik tanı olarak diffüz alopesi alt tiplerinden androgenetik alopesi tanısı alan 19 (%20,0), diffüz alopesia areata tanısı alan 10 (%10,5), telogen effluvium tanısı alan 14 (%14,7) kişi çalışmaya dâhil edildi. Hastalara ve kontrol grubuna Hastane Anksiyete ve Depresyon Ölçeği (HAD) ve Sürekli Öfke ve Öfke Tarz Ölçeği (SÖÖTÖ) uygulandı. Standart hazırlanan “Saç Dökülmesi Hasta Takip Formu”na hastaların kayıtları yapıldı.
Bulgular: Alopesili hasta grubunda sağlıklı kontrollere göre anksiyete (p<0.001) ve depresyon (p<0.001) puanları anlamlı olarak yüksek bulunmuştur. Ayrıca sürekli öfke (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) ve anksiyete (β = -0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) puanlarının tanı grubunu anlamlı derecede öngördüğü ve ayırt edici olduğu belirlendi. Saç dökülme süresinin, anlamlı ölçüde depresyon (r= 0,402, p<0.01) ve anksiyete (r=0,393, p<0.01) puanları ile pozitif korelasyon gösterdiği bulundu. Dermatolojik tanılar birbirleriyle karşılaştırıldığında, sürekli öfke ve öfke dışa alt ölçekleri arasında anlamlı derecede farklılıklar saptandı.
Sonuç: Alopesili hastalarda sağlıklı kontrollere göre anksiyete ve depresif belirtilerin daha fazla olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu hastalara bu tür psikiyatrik rahatsızlıklar sıklıkla eşlik ettiği için psikiyatri kliniği ile işbirliği yapılması; hem tedavinin başarısını, hem de hastanın yaşam kalitesini olumlu yönde etkileyecektir. Ayrıca bu hastalarda öfke ve öfke ifade tarzı üzerinde de dikkatle durulmalıdır. Bu ilişkinin farkında olmak diffüz alopesi hastalarının tedavisine katkı sağlayacaktır.
Anahtar kelimeler: Diffüz alopesi, depresyon, anksiyete, öfke
Dicle Med J 2015;42(3):335-341
doi: 10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.03.0585
Methods: 43 female patients who were diagnosed diffuse alopecia in dermatology clinic and 52 age-and-gender-matched control participants were included in the study. 20% of patients (n=19) with androgenetic alopecia, 10.5% of patients (n=10) with diffuse alopecia areata and 14.7% of patients (n=14) with telogen effluvium participated in study. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and The Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale (TAAES) were filled by the participants. Also patients were followed up by a standard hospital form recording alopecia.
Results: It was found that patients with alopecia revealed significantly more depression (p<0,001) and anxiety (p<0,001) scores than control group. Also trait anger (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) and anxiety (β = -0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) scores significantly predicted alopecia group. Additionally total time period for alopecia significantly and positively correlated with depression (r= 0,402, p<0.01) and anxiety (r=0,393, p<0,01) scores. Comparing patient groups with each other, trait anger and expressed anger were significantly different across groups.
Conclusion: Patient group reported more anxiety and depressive symptoms than control group. In treatment of patients with alopecia, bidirectional relationship between alopecia and psychological symptoms should be in consideration. Collaboration with psychiatry is suggested in order to improve treatment efficacy and patients’ life satisfaction. In addition anger management seems essential in treatment of patients with diffuse alopecia.
Key words: Diffuse alopecia, depression, anxiety, anger
Diffüz alopesili kadınlarda öfke, anksiyete ve depresyon
ÖZET
Amaç: Bu çalışmada diffüz alopesili hastalarda psikiyatrik belirti sıklığının sağlıklı kontrollere göre daha fazla olup olmadığının belirlenmesi ve bunların öfke düzeyleriyle ilişkisinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntemler: Bu çalışmaya dermatoloji polikliniğinde diffüz alopesi tanısı konulan 43 kadın hasta ile cinsiyet ve yaş açısından uyumlu sağlıklı 52 gönüllü dâhil edildi. Dermatolojik tanı olarak diffüz alopesi alt tiplerinden androgenetik alopesi tanısı alan 19 (%20,0), diffüz alopesia areata tanısı alan 10 (%10,5), telogen effluvium tanısı alan 14 (%14,7) kişi çalışmaya dâhil edildi. Hastalara ve kontrol grubuna Hastane Anksiyete ve Depresyon Ölçeği (HAD) ve Sürekli Öfke ve Öfke Tarz Ölçeği (SÖÖTÖ) uygulandı. Standart hazırlanan “Saç Dökülmesi Hasta Takip Formu”na hastaların kayıtları yapıldı.
Bulgular: Alopesili hasta grubunda sağlıklı kontrollere göre anksiyete (p<0.001) ve depresyon (p<0.001) puanları anlamlı olarak yüksek bulunmuştur. Ayrıca sürekli öfke (β = 0,216, Wald Z = 3,697, Exp(B)= 1,241, p<0,05) ve anksiyete (β = -0.466, Wald Z = 5,008, Exp(B)= 0.628, p<0,05) puanlarının tanı grubunu anlamlı derecede öngördüğü ve ayırt edici olduğu belirlendi. Saç dökülme süresinin, anlamlı ölçüde depresyon (r= 0,402, p<0.01) ve anksiyete (r=0,393, p<0.01) puanları ile pozitif korelasyon gösterdiği bulundu. Dermatolojik tanılar birbirleriyle karşılaştırıldığında, sürekli öfke ve öfke dışa alt ölçekleri arasında anlamlı derecede farklılıklar saptandı.
Sonuç: Alopesili hastalarda sağlıklı kontrollere göre anksiyete ve depresif belirtilerin daha fazla olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu hastalara bu tür psikiyatrik rahatsızlıklar sıklıkla eşlik ettiği için psikiyatri kliniği ile işbirliği yapılması; hem tedavinin başarısını, hem de hastanın yaşam kalitesini olumlu yönde etkileyecektir. Ayrıca bu hastalarda öfke ve öfke ifade tarzı üzerinde de dikkatle durulmalıdır. Bu ilişkinin farkında olmak diffüz alopesi hastalarının tedavisine katkı sağlayacaktır.
Anahtar kelimeler: Diffüz alopesi, depresyon, anksiyete, öfke
Dicle Med J 2015;42(3):335-341
doi: 10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.03.0585