Browsing by Author "Yilmaz, E."

Now showing 1 - 4 of 4

Eeg Under Sleep-Deprived Conditions: Its Usefulness in Psychiatry: Two Case Examples
(American Psychiatric Publishing Inc., 2014) Özdemir, O.; Aydin, A.; Milanlioglu, A.; Yilmaz, E.
Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by recurrent and unpredictable seizures. It is associated with an increased risk of developing mental disorders. Electroencephalography (EEG) is the most important diagnostic tool for this disease; however, a normal EEG cannot exclude the diagnosis of epileptic seizures, so EEG performed under sleep deprivation was performed in two case examples treated in the psychiatry clinic, in order to prove that sleep deprivation may increase epileptiform discharges. © 2014 by the American Psychiatric Association.
Factors Associated With Quality of Life in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
(Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, 2007) Beşiroǧlu, L.; Uǧuz, F.; Saǧlam, M.; Yilmaz, E.; Aǧargün, M.Y.; Aşkin, R.
Objective: Since obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an illness that considerably influences the family, academic, occupational and social functioning of patients, the relationship between OCD and QOL has been acquiring more importance. The present study was designed to investigate which aspects of quality of life (QOL) are most affected in OCD and to explore the predictors of decreased QOL in OCD. Methods: Seventy three patients with OCD and 69 healthy control subjects were compared in terms of their quality of life scores by means of WHOQOL-BRIEF. The relationship between QOL and probable clinical variables were explored by means of multivariate regression analyses. Results: Psychological health and social relationship scores of OCD patients were significantly lower than healthy subjects. Multivariate regression analyses revealed that the severity of depressive symptoms was the best predictor of both psychical health, and psychological health. The presence of comorbid personality disorder was the second significant factor to predict psychological health. While the severity of compulsions was the sole associated factor with psychological health, in second model, severity of depression as an associated variable was added to equation. Only the duration of illness was associated with environment scores. In the bivariate correlational analyses, while the severity of obsessions and depressive symptoms were significantly associated with psychological health, there is no association between psychological health and compulsion severity. Discussion: Since the subjective perception of QOL is considerably affected by depression severity, a quality of life assessment instrument that is specific for OCD should be developed.
Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of Sleep Hygiene Index in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2015) Ozdemir, P. Guzel; Boysan, M.; Selvi, Y.; Yildirim, A.; Yilmaz, E.
Psychotic Attacks Due To Toxic Neurobrucellosis in Two Adolescent Patients
(Yerkure Tanitim ve Yayincilik, 2014) Ozdemir, O.; Baran, A.I.; Cilingir, V.; Bulut, M.D.; Ozdemir, P.G.; Yilmaz, E.
Brucellosis is a multisystem disease which can present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and complications and affect the central nervous system directly or indirectly. Immunopathologic mechanisms like T-cell mediated cytotoxicity and microglia activation are suggested to play a role in neurobrucellosis. The diagnosis of toxic neurobrucellosis is confirmed by isolation of Brucella organism from blood cultures and/or positive Coombs Wright test and the Standard agglutination test (SAT) in serum when there are no cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain in patients with neurobrusellosis may show different findings mimicking such neurological diseases as inflammation, white matter changes and vascular involvements and other infectious and inflammatory conditions. Different clinical manifestations of neurobrucellosis have been described including meningitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, and psychiatric disorders. It has been indicated in case studies that neurobrucellosis may lead to psychotic disorders. In this study, we present two adolescents who presented with psychotic symptoms due to toxic neurobrucellosis.