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The impact of antistigma education on the attitudes of general practitioners regarding schizophreniaAlp Ucok
Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 60:439-43. 2006..The authors' findings suggest that one antistigma education session, supported by the distribution of related documents, can improve GPs attitudes towards schizophrenia...
Association of a serotonin receptor 2A gene polymorphism with cognitive functions in patients with schizophreniaAlp Ucok
Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:704-7. 2007..There was also no relationship established between the codon 102 polymorphism and clinical parameters. These findings suggest that the TC genotype might be related to certain cognitive impairments in patients with schizophrenia...
Cognitive predictors of skill acquisition on social problem solving in patients with schizophreniaAlp Ucok
Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Millet Street, Capa, 34390, Istanbul, Turkey
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256:388-94. 2006..Our findings suggest that skill acquisition on social problem solving is related with cognitive flexibility and sustained attention...
Electroconvulsive therapy in first-episode schizophreniaAlp Ucok
Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
J ECT 22:38-42. 2006..In conclusion, the efficacy of ECT was very satisfactory in acute term in first-episode schizophrenia, but the same efficacy was not continuous during the 1-year follow-up...
One year outcome in first episode schizophrenia. Predictors of relapseAlp Ucok
Istanbul Tip Fakultesi, Psikiyatri AD, Millet Street, Capa 34390, Istanbul, Turkey
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256:37-43. 2006..The results of the present study suggest that treatment compliance and early premorbid adjustment level seem to be important predictors of relapse rate in first episode schizophrenia...
Sexual dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia on antipsychotic medicationAlp Ucok
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Millet Street, Capa 34390, Istanbul, Turkey
Eur Psychiatry 22:328-33. 2007..The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia under antipsychotic therapy and to investigate the effect of various parameters on sexual dysfunction...
Cigarette smoking among patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disordersAlp Ucok
Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 58:434-7. 2004..Among the patients with schizophrenia who were in acute psychotic episode, Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms scores of the smokers were significantly higher...
Duration of untreated psychosis may predict acute treatment response in first-episode schizophreniaAlp Ucok
Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Millet Street, Capa 34390, Istanbul, Turkey
J Psychiatr Res 38:163-8. 2004..Our findings suggest that DUP may be an important predictor of response in acute treatment of first-episode schizophrenia and thus, attempts for early diagnosis may also have a positive effect on acute treatment response...
Attitudes of psychiatrists toward patients with schizophreniaAlp Ucok
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 58:89-91. 2004..3%). A total of 88.4% of respondents thought the term 'schizophrenia' was used in a pejorative manner in public. The findings revealed that stigmatizing attitudes of society are also shared by some psychiatrists...
The effects of childhood trauma in patients with first-episode schizophreniaA Ucok
Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Acta Psychiatr Scand 116:371-7. 2007..To evaluate the impact of childhood trauma on psychopathology in 57 patients with first-episode schizophrenia...
COMT Val 158 Met polymorphism is related with interpersonal problem solving in schizophreniaA Ucok
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Millet Street, Capa, 34390 Istanbul, Turkey
Eur Psychiatry 25:320-2. 2010..The aim of this study was to investigate associations between COMT Val(158)Met polymorphism, and interpersonal problem solving capacity and cognitive functions in schizophrenia...
Anticipated discrimination among people with schizophreniaA Ucok
Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Turkey
Acta Psychiatr Scand 125:77-83. 2012..The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of anticipated discrimination in people with schizophrenia (n = 732) from 27 countries in the International Study of Discrimination and Stigma Outcomes (INDIGO)...
Employment and its relationship with functionality and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: EGOFORS StudyA Ucok
Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Department of Psychiatry, Millet Street, Capa, 34390 Istanbul, Turkey
Eur Psychiatry 27:422-5. 2012..The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between work/study status and symptom severity, functionality and quality of life (QoL) in schizophrenia patients...
Unipolar mania: a distinct disorder?Olcay Yazici
University of Istanbul, Istanbul Medical Faculty Psychiatry Department, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey
J Affect Disord 71:97-103. 2002..This study aimed to identify the differences between unipolar mania and classical bipolar disorder...
Disability in schizophrenia: clinical correlates and prediction over 1-year follow-upKoksal Alptekin
Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, 35340 Balcova, Izmir, Turkey
Psychiatry Res 135:103-11. 2005..Early-onset schizophrenia had a twofold increased risk for developing disability. Disability in schizophrenia is a clinical phenomenon closely linked to negative symptoms and poor outcome...
Mismatch negativity at acute and post-acute phases of first-episode schizophreniaMüge Devrim-Uçok
Department of Physiology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Capa Istanbul, Turkey
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 258:179-85. 2008..The sensory memory functions indexed by MMN seem to be unaffected at the onset of schizophrenia but deteriorated during the post-acute illness phase. MMN reduction at the post-acute phase might be emerged from antipsychotic medication...
N2 and P3 components of event-related potential in first-episode schizophrenic patients: scalp topography, medication, and latency effectsTamer Demiralp
Department of Physiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34390 Capa Istanbul, Turkey
Psychiatry Res 111:167-79. 2002....
Novelty P3 and P3b in first-episode schizophrenia and chronic schizophreniaMüge Devrim-Uçok
Department of Physiology, University of Istanbul, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34093 Capa Istanbul, Turkey
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 30:1426-34. 2006..Novelty P3 amplitude reduction present in patients with CS, is not found at the onset of illness. Novelty P3 seems unaffected early in the disease process...
Quantitative proton MR spectroscopy findings in the corpus callosum of patients with schizophrenia suggest callosal disconnectionK Aydin
Department of Neuroradiology, MR Research Unit, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 28:1968-74. 2007..The goal of this study was to investigate the metabolic integrity of the corpus callosum in patients with schizophrenia by proton MR spectroscopy...
Quetiapine treatment in a patient with Tourette's syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder and drug-induced maniaZeliha Matur
University of Istanbul, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 40:150-2. 2003..It seems that quetiapine may be useful in treatment of Tourette disorder with or without comorbid disorders...
P50 gating at acute and post-acute phases of first-episode schizophreniaMüge Devrim-Uçok
Department of Physiology, University of Istanbul, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34093 Capa Istanbul, Turkey
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 32:1952-6. 2008..P50 gating improvement might be emerged from atypical antipsychotic medication, although this can only be definitively determined by randomized studies including different antipsychotics...
Clinical characteristics in obsessive-compulsive disorder with schizophreniaOzay Ozdemir
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University, Turkey
Compr Psychiatry 44:311-6. 2003..Our findings suggest that the characteristics of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenic OCD patients are similar to those in nonschizophrenic OCD patients...
