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2. | Bell Object Relations and Reality Testing Inventory (BORTTI) Turkish Adaptation Study Sait Uluç, Zeynep Tüzün, Manolya Haselden, Serap Piri Erbaş Pages 112 - 123 Objectives: Despite the importance of object relations and reality testing concepts, the research is limited because of the absence of a standardized method of evaluation. The Bell Object Relations and Reality Testing provides an evaluation of individuals object relations quality and reality testing abilities through the quality of their daily relationships and perceptions about themselves within the relationship with others. The BORRTI is a self-report measurement consisted of 90 items that participants responded as true of false. It has two main subscales, Object Relations and Reality Testing. The aim of this study is to investigate the validity and reliability of Bell Object Relations and Reality Testing Inventory in Turkish population. Method: The study group consisted of 424 participants from Hacettepe University staff members and students from different departments. Bell Object Relations and Reality Testing Inventory, Symptom Checklist 90 and Experiences in Close Relationships- Revised were given to the participants. Results: The internal consistency analysis demonstrated that Cronbach alpha coefficients for the Object Relations subscale range between.70 and.80; and.54 and.77 for the Reality Testing subscale. The analysis conducted for the criterion validity indicated that the subscales of BORRTI are positively correlated with SCL-90-R and ECRS-R. Conclusion: According to the present study the Turkish version of Bell Object Relations and Reality Testing Inventory showed to be a valid and reliable measurement for future studies. |
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3. | Treatment of Specific Phobia with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Method: A Case Report Onur Okan Demirci, Eser Sağaltıcı, Abdullah Yıldırım Pages 124 - 129 Objectives. Individuals with specific phobia when face with phobic object or situation, have inconvenient excessive fear and anxiety reaction. No need to be a traumatic history on specific phobias background but if there is at least one than eye movement desensitization and reprocessing can be a good alternative method for specific phobia. If there is no traumatic background on specific phobia, confront with phobic subject or situation can create a traumatic history. Method. In this article, we aim that to explain treatment with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing of a case who has a phobia in traveling with bus (Hodophobia-Ochophobia). Results. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing can be an alternative method for treatment of specific phobias to the other treatment methods. |
4. | After Landslide in Rize 'Traumatic Grief': Three Case Studies Fatma Gül Helvacı Çelik, Çicek Hocaoğlu Pages 130 - 136 Mourning process is responding as a psychological process to any loss or change. Traumatic grief is symtoms and reactions, which occur in people who lost a lovedone's sudden and as a result of violent death. Traumatic grief effects the natural grief process with the sudden and terrificloss. This traumatic impact is a risk for the occurrence of physical and psychiatric disorders. In this study, on 27 August 2010, which 12 people died in the town of Rize Gündogdu after the landslide, the 3 cases who admitted with symptoms of traumatic grief that lost relatives in the same family, with a review of the literature is presented. |
5. | Clozapine-induced Myopathy: A Case Report Fatma Betül Esen, Özlem Devrim Balaban Pages 137 - 140 Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug which is effective and mainly used for treatment-refractory schizophrenia. It is also used for treatment-refractory bipolar disorder and found to be effective. But because of its life threatening side effects, it is underutilized. We report a case of a patient with treatment-refractory bipolar disorder who had muscle weakness after the addition of clozapine to her treatment. A 47 year old woman with bipolar disorder treated with the combination of lithium, valproic acid and antipsychotic drugs for a long time. She had several manic or depressive episodes despite using her medicines regularly. Because of this, the case was considered as treatment-refractory bipolar disorder and clozapine was added to her treatment. She was using clozapine for 1.5 years when her symptoms of tiredness and muscle weakness started. She could not climb up the stairs. She was consulted to a neurology specialist and electromyographic examination was reported as 'mixed neuropathy'. First, lithium treatment was stopped after neurology consultation. As the symptoms of the patient did not improve, her treatment was revised and in the light of literature data it was decided to discontinue the clozapine treatment. After the clozapine treatment was stopped, the severity of her symptoms decreased in a month and she was symptom-free after 2 months. In conclusion, it should be considered that clozapine has some side effects which cause functional deficits and decreases the quality of life besides its life-threatening side effects. |