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Psychiatry
Defne Hospital
Psychiatry
It is a medical discipline that deals with human psychology and with diagnosis and treatment of mental diseases. Psychiatrists and clinical psychologists admit patients at psychiatry clinics. Clinical interviews, examinations, laboratory tests and imaging modalities are used for diagnosis of psychiatric diseases. Psychiatric diseases are treated with Pharmacotherapy (medication treatment) and psychotherapy methods.
Following therapies are available in our psychiatry clinics: child and family counseling; adolescent counseling; personality tests; intelligence tests and developmental tests (MMPI, TAT, WISC-R and AGTE) as well as play therapies for children: and supportive psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, desensitization with eye movements and EMDR therapy depending on needs of patients.
Internal medicine is the department that acts as admission and solution point for all health problems, ranging from febrile diseases and metabolic disorders to kidney and liver diseases. Nephrology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Thoracic Diseases, Hematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology Immunology-Allergy, Diabetes, Cardiology are all rapidly renewing side branches of internal medicine. Internist directs the patient to surgical branches including general surgery, if surgical treatment of patients is necessary, after diagnosis is made.
In addition, internal medicine directly takes part and solves the problem in many heart, lung, kidney and liver problems in re- and post-operative period. Briefly, internal medicine is the first center for application and solution for all health problems in adults.
Following diseases are diagnosed and treated in psychiatry clinics:
- Adolescence problems and family support
- Learning disorders and their treatment
- Attention deficit, hyper- and hypo-activity disorders and their treatment
- Behavioral and emotional disorders that usually develop in childhood and adolescence
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Behavioral Disorder
- Severe stress reactions and adjustment disorders
- Anxiety and Panic Attack
- Fatal disease fears
- Obsessive & compulsive disorders
- Mood disorders (Depression and Manic Disorder)
- Somatoform Disorders
- Sexual dysfunction (not caused by organic disorder or disease)
- Couple and Family Therapy
- Workplace and occupation problems
- Schizophrenia, schizotypal disorders associated with hallucinations
- Women-specific psychological problems (postpartum/puerperum-related
- Adult personality and behavioral disorders
- Eating disorders
- Addiction
- Sleep disordersı
- • Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in elderly
- • Cognitive-behavioral Psychotherapy
- • Dynamic Personal Analytical Psychotherapy
- Aile Terapisi ( Aile içi sorunlar, çocuk eğitimi için destek vb.)
- Adult Psychiatry
- All Adult Psychiatric disorders
- Personality and character tests
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- All child and adolescent psychiatric disorders
- Differential diagnosis and treatment of Attention Deficit and Hyper/Hypoactivity Disorder
- Diagnosis and treatment of Childhood Developmental Disorder
- Concentration, memory, ability tests Concentration Test
- Intelligence tests and learning disorders
- Exam Anxiety Tests
- Social, motoric and mental development of children and the cause of behavioral disorders.
Clinical Psychology - Diagnosis and Therapy
Psychological Tests are required in some cases to understand causes of psychological diseases and treatment options better. Thus, symptoms can be clarified and effect of condition’s severity on behaviors can be determined. The Observation Forms that are filled in by patients offer up-to-date information about course of disease and success of therapy.
- Organ disorders; effects on learning, achievement and emotion
- Primary School Entrance School Readiness Test
- Detection and therapy of the causes of anxiety (panic attacks, phobias, obsessions, etc.) and depression
- Personality and character tests
- Choosing the right profession (Abilities Tests)
