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    Does a non-destructive earthquake cause posttraumatic stress disorder? A cross-sectional study
    (SPRINGER, 2013) Gokcen, Cem; Sahingoz, Mine; Annagur, Bilge Burcak
    This study evaluated the prevalence and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adolescents who experienced non-destructive, moderate magnitude earthquake. Four hundred and fifty students (214 girls and 236 boys between the ages of 12-14) were selected from secondary schools located within Konya province in Turkey, 6 months after the earthquake. They were chosen to participate in this cross-sectional study by simple random sampling. The students were evaluated by the child posttraumatic stress reaction index. Of all the students, we found that 3.5 % had very severe, 20.8 % had severe, 28.4 % had moderate and 20 % had mild symptoms of PTSD and that 24.3 % had probable PTSD diagnoses. The most common PTSD symptoms were trauma-related fears, social avoidance, emotional detachment and the concentration difficulty. Limitations and implications for research studies are included in the discussion.
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    Investigation of People's Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Childhood Psychiatric Disorders and Specialists Who Work in This Field
    (GALENOS YAYINCILIK, 2013) Gokcen, Cem; Sahingoz, Mine; Savas, Haluk Asuman
    Objectives: This study aims to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of individuals who have elementary school-aged children towards childhood psychiatric disorders and to determine to what extent they could tell the difference between child psychiatrists and psychologists, the two different professional groups working in this field. Method: The study was conducted on individuals waiting for their children after school in central Konya. A questionnaire containing 29 questions was applied using the 'nonprobability sampling' method over 400 individuals who agreed to attend face-to-face interviews. Results: 92.3% of the participants responded to the question "Who is a child psychiatrist?" saying, "They are medical school graduates who have received specialist education and who are working towards the diagnosis and treatment of children's psychological health and disorders", while 52.5% responded to the question "Who is a psychologist?" using the same definition. The subjects considered 97.5% of childhood psychiatric disorders to be treatable. 62.3% of the respondents stated that they believed that the drugs used in treatment were addictive. The respondents gave the highest marks to the statement "I would take him/her to a child psychiatrist" to a question where Major Depression was defined, followed by the question "What would you do in such a situation?" and to a question where Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms were defined, with a rating of 50.8% and 44.8%, respectively; and 64.8% of the respondents replied "most frequently" to a question where the symptoms of panic disorder were given, followed by the question "I would take him/her to a pediatrician." Conclusion: We found that individuals with elementary school-aged children mostly failed to distinguish between child psychiatrists and psychologists, with a widespread conviction that the drugs used in the treatment process would result in addiction. In psychiatric disorders other than panic disorder, the most rated response was "I would take him/her to a child psychiatrist." which indicate that the first choice of recourse is the child psychiatrists in childhood psychiatric disorders.
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    Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene Polymorphisms in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
    (IVYSPRING INT PUBL, 2011) Gokcen, Cem; Kocak, Nadir; Pekgor, Ahmet
    Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in a sample of Turkish children. Study Design: MTHFR gene polymorphisms were assessed in 40 patients with ADHD and 30 healty controls. Two mutations in the MTHFR gene were investigated using polymerase chain reactions and restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Results: Although there were no statistically significant differences in genotype distributions of the C677T alleles between the ADHD and the control groups (p=0,678) but the genotypic pattern of the distributions of the A1298C alleles was different between the ADHD patients and the controls (p=0,033). Conclusions: Preliminary data imply a possible relationship between A1298C MTHFR polymorphisms and the ADHD.