Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been reported being a safe and effective treatment in schizophrenia. However, there are a limited number of studies assessing continuation ECT utilization in patients with ...

AIM: The relationship between psychological stress and platelet activation has been widely studied. It is well known that platelets may reflect certain biochemical changes that occur in the brain when different mental ...

Objective: Patients with schizophrenia often experience comorbid obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Within these patients, a significant subgroup developed secondary obsessive-compulsive symptoms during treatment with cloz ...

Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) is a promising neuromodulatory treatment option in neuropsychiatry. However, such a novel neuromodulation application also brings challenges regarding safety. In this paper, ...

Introduction: Hypotension is a known effect of atypical antipsychotics. However, there is little information on acute hypertension resulting from antipsychotic drugs. Aripiprazole is a potent partial dopamine D2 agonist, ...

Özellikle tedavisel aralığı dar olan ilaçlar için tedavi etkinliğini sağlayabilmek, yan etkileri en aza indirebilmek için farmakolojik tedavinin kiĢiye özel uygulanması gereklidir. Sitokrom P450 enzimlerinin fenotiplemesi ...

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS) treatment during pregnancy on neurodevelopment of children. Materials and Methods: Women who were treated ...

Background: Propofol is often used as an anesthetic agent for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In recent studies, propofol was shown to possess significant seizure-shortening properties during ECT. “Valproate” is a mood ...

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation technique in which a weak current is applied through the scalp to produce changes in neuronal excitability in the underlying cerebral tissue ...

Hiperamonyemi, valproik asit tedavisinin bilinen bir yan etkisidir. Son yıllarda valproik asit kullanımına bağlı hiperamonyeminin tetiklediği ensefalopati gelişen olgular yayınlanmakta ve kan amonyak düzeyinin takip edilmesi ...