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September 26, 2026
Why it becomes harder to build healthy relationships without coming to terms with our parents' shortcomings
The way parents described their childhood and their infants' attachment patterns showed 75 percent agreement across 661 pairs; kappa was 0.49, indicating moderate agreement. 🧠 The Adult Attachment Interview assesses not what happened in childhood, but how it is described today. Even when negative experiences are described, if the narrative is coherent, the assessment indicates secur
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September 26, 2026
Three directions of idealization in narcissism: the past, the future, and the other
Narcissism is not simply about admiring oneself excessively. Idealization is sometimes directed toward the past, sometimes toward the future, and sometimes toward another person. 🕰️ Akhtar describes two familiar fantasies. “If only” glorifies the past: “If that hadn't happened, my life would have been different.” “Someday” glorifies the future: “Someday everyone
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September 25, 2026
Janina Fisher and parts in trauma: staying aware of our parts
After complex trauma, the mind sometimes functions not as a unified whole, but as insufficiently integrated parts. This is how the theory of structural dissociation describes it. 🧩 In this theory, one part carries on with everyday life: going to work, running the household. Another remains stuck in the traumatic experience, even after the danger has passed
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September 25, 2026
Choose your pain and be willing to experience it.
Choose your pain and be willing to face it. We cannot live without being willing to experience pain. The pain we run from does not diminish; it merely shifts: when we escape into our careers, our families bleed; when we escape into our families, our careers do. After a while, both doors are forgotten, and we are left in between. To rejoice if it ends well, to grieve if it ends badly. Kö
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September 25, 2026
1779 posters and 4 presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026, Stockholm)
I have compiled Turkish summaries of the 1,779 posters and 443 talks presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026, Stockholm) on a single page. They can be filtered by topic, presentation type, and country. Each card lists the presenter, their institution, and their country, with ready-to-use APA 7 and Vancouver citations below. 59 studies from Türkiye
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September 25, 2026
Exercise prescription in psychiatry: how frequency, intensity, duration, and supervision are described in the literature
An exercise dose can be prescribed for mental disorders: at least 3 sessions per week, each lasting 30 to 60 minutes, with moderate intensity as the baseline. 🧠 A 2025 umbrella review combining 103 meta-analyses and 364,889 participants found a moderate overall effect of physical activity on mental disorders: effect size
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September 23, 2026
Medication is not the first recommendation for mild depression.
Medication is not the first recommendation for mild depression. The UK's NICE guideline (2022) does not recommend antidepressants as a first-line option for mild depression, except when the patient specifically requests them—not routinely. Instead, one of the options at the top of the list is regular physical activity: half an hour, three days a week, if poss
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Grief is not a five-stage checklist to be ticked off in order. A Yale stud
Grief is not a five-stage checklist to be ticked off in order. In a Yale study of 233 people, acceptance was the most common response from the very first month. "While I thought I was learning how to live, I was learning how to die." This sentence, compiled from Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, relates to the central idea of my book Şairler ve Psikoterapistler Gözüyle Yas
Read more →September 23, 2026
Perfectionism is often described as a virtue. Being meticulous, liking ord
Perfectionism is often described as a virtue. Being meticulous, liking order, and doing your job well are indeed valuable. But when do these same traits stop working for us and start making us work for them? Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder lies precisely at this boundary. The lists never end, work cannot be delegated, "
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September 23, 2026
Attention deficit or attention dysregulation in ADHD: where the inability to disengage from an engaging task fits in the literature
What is measured in ADHD is not an absence of focus: hyperfocus scores in 132 adult patients at two clinics were higher than in controls. 🧠 Ozel-Kizil et al. describe hyperfocus as an inability to shift attention away from an engaging event and suggest that it may be defined as a distinct dimension of adult ADHD
Read more →September 22, 2026
The abandonment schema: the behavioral patterns that emerge from schema surrender, schema avoidance, and overcompensation
The abandonment schema is not a fear but an expectation: the expectation that someone you become close to will one day leave. 🧠 The abandonment (instability) schema belongs to the disconnection and rejection domain. A meta-analysis found a correlation of r = 0.25 between emotional neglect and this schema in adolescents (May et al., 2022). In 426 people
Read more →September 21, 2026
For some people, order feels less like a preference and more like a necessity.
For some people, order feels less like a preference and more like a necessity. When papers are not aligned, an inner unease begins. The work is finished, but "good enough" never seems to arrive. Rest is postponed because something needs to be finished first, and that list never ends. It would not be right to describe this as a flaw
Read more →September 21, 2026
People are each other’s medicine.
People are medicine for one another. A peaceful, fulfilling life is something we all want, but we rarely do what it takes. Yet there are three areas, any one of which can change our quality of life on its own. The first is relationships. Leave someone alone for ten years, with no one around; clinical conditions are very likely to
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September 21, 2026
Less-discussed side effects of antidepressants: sweating, vivid dreams, teeth clenching, sexual function
The sexual side effects of antidepressants are rarely reported unless people are asked directly. This is a warning from the meta-analysis itself. 🩺 Four rarely discussed topics: excessive sweating, vivid dreams, teeth grinding, and sexual function. Reports of sweating were 2.93 times higher with SSRIs and 3.17 times higher with SNRIs than with placebo; an analysis of 76 studies and 28,544 participants
Read more →September 19, 2026
Does that voice looping at night help?
Is that voice going round and round at night doing any good? The argument ended, apologies were made, and the matter was considered closed. But when you lie down in bed, the scene starts again: who said what, what you said, what you should have said. By dawn, not a single new sentence or decision has emerged. Only exhaustion remains. The most insidious thing about the voice is
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September 18, 2026
Fear of loss: how behaviors that soothe fear wear down a relationship
When the things people do to soothe their fear of loss are measured, they turn out to be behaviors that undermine trust. In 44% of 136 couples, at least one partner reported electronically monitoring the other. 🔍 Anxious attachment means constantly expecting abandonment in a close relationship. It is not a character flaw, but closeness
Read more →September 18, 2026
Does venting anger bring relief?
Does venting anger bring relief? The map our culture gives us is simple: anger is steam building up inside; let it out so it passes. Shout, punch a pillow, go for a run. Measurements suggest the opposite. In an experiment involving participants who had been provoked, those who punched a punching bag while thinking about the person who angered them were the angriest and
Read more →September 17, 2026
Being able to say “I have lived”: values, priorities, and a contented ending in ACT
Resuming valued action comes before distress decreases. It was measured across eight sessions, and the sequence ran in this direction. In a randomized study of 41 people with treatment-resistant panic disorder, the level of valued action influenced subsequent distress; distress was not found to determine subsequent valued action. A single study,
Read more →September 16, 2026
The grief we have carried since birth: our incompleteness and learning to live
In the psychoanalytic understanding, our fundamental task is to mourn: from the moment we are born, we mourn our incompleteness. Leonardo da Vinci noted in his notebooks: "While I thought I was learning how to live, I was learning how to die." In the original: "Quando io crederò imparare a vivere, e io imparerò a morire." Poets and
Read more →September 16, 2026
The protective self: mistaking the way we protect ourselves for our identity
Becoming absorbed in mental content is not a personality trait: it is a distinct dimension measured in a meta-analysis of 9,123 participants, with scores decreasing after therapy. 🧠 The protective self consists of the ways we have learned to protect ourselves from being hurt: control, avoidance, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and vigilance. Acceptance and commitment therapy
Read more →September 14, 2026
The long-term mental health effects of sibling bullying
When sibling bullying is measured at age 12, the odds of depression and self-harm at age 18 are approximately doubled. 🧠 What distinguishes sibling conflict from sibling bullying is not the severity of the fighting, but its repetition. According to a review in Lancet Psychiatry, up to 40% of siblings every week experience sibling
Read more →September 12, 2026
How parental bonds carry over into adult relationships: Kernberg's transference-focused therapy perspective
The pattern of your earliest bond with your parents quietly repeats itself in your relationships with your partner and closest friend today. 🧠 According to attachment theory, children derive an "internal working model" from thousands of small interactions with their caregiver: whether they are worthy of love and whether the other person
Read more →September 11, 2026
Online (video) therapy: effectiveness and safety compared with in-person therapy
For most diagnoses, outcomes from video therapy are the same as those from face-to-face therapy. This is a shared finding not of a single study, but of multiple meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials. 🧠 Teletherapy is conducted through a live video connection, with the therapist and method the same as in face-to-face sessions
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September 11, 2026
If you don't make the problem a problem, it won't be a problem: a metacognitive therapy (MCT) perspective
🧠 What turns a thought into a problem is often not the thought itself, but our repeated response to it. Metacognitive therapy (MCT) focuses on exactly this point: not what we think, but how we relate to our thoughts. The Cognitive Attentional Syndrome (CAS), as described by Wells, involves three processes
Read more →September 10, 2026
Why Half of Our Decisions Turn Out to Be Wrong: The Overconfidence Bias
Two years after they are made, half of managerial decisions have either not been implemented at all or remain incomplete. This is the finding from 356 decisions collected in a twenty-year research program in the United States and Canada. 📊 This research is not called "overconfidence bias," but its findings point directly to it: what we feel when making a decision
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September 9, 2026
Overpsychologizing relationships: therapy-speak and intellectualization
In the 100 most-viewed #ADHD TikTok videos, fewer than half of the claims about symptoms were found to align with diagnostic criteria. The language of psychology learned from social media has entered our lives. Attachment style, boundaries, gaslighting, avoidant, narcissist. When used appropriately, these concepts foster awareness. But two risks are growing
Read more →September 8, 2026
ADHD: One of the Psychiatric Conditions with the Strongest Genetic Contributions
With heritability estimates reaching 80% in twin and sibling studies, ADHD is one of the psychiatric conditions with the strongest genetic contribution. 🧬 This is not a weakness of will, but a measurable genetic predisposition. The combined estimate from family, twin, and adoption studies puts the heritability of ADHD at 74% (Faraone and La
Read more →September 8, 2026
What is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), and what are its symptoms?
The most common personality disorder in the general population is one most people have never heard of: obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). According to meta-analysis data, it affects 4.32% of the population, a rate higher than that of any other personality disorder. Because of the similarity in their names, OCPD and OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)
Read more →September 5, 2026
If You Had ADHD, You Couldn't Have Finished School
At one university, all 68 students diagnosed with ADHD graduated. A diploma is not a diagnostic criterion: diagnosis requires symptoms that impair functioning.
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What the Eye Doesn't See, the Heart Can Bear
One in five soldiers returning from Vietnam was addicted to opiates; after their return, the rate fell below 1%. The role of the environment and conditioned cues in addiction.
Read more →August 31, 2026
Adjusting to Primary School
The likelihood of returning to school is 3.28 times higher if school refusal has lasted less than a year. Five evidence-based practices that facilitate adjustment.
Read more →August 31, 2026
Imagining Is Not Enough to Understand
Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes does not improve accuracy. This was tested in 25 experiments, with no consistent improvement found. The only thing that improves accuracy is new information: asking questions.
Read more →August 29, 2026
Talent Thrives on Appreciation
A critical emotional climate predicts relapse, while feeling appreciated protects the relationship. Appreciation is not a temperamental trait, but a skill that improves with practice.
Read more →August 15, 2026
The First Two Weeks After Childbirth
In most cases of postpartum psychosis, symptoms begin between days 3 and 10 after childbirth. It is uncommon: the incidence reported in a systematic review ranges from 0.89 to 2.6 per 1,000 births. But…
Read more →August 15, 2026
Mood Improves. But Not in Proportion to Weight Lost
Mood improves in weight-loss programs. But the improvement does not track the weight lost. Obesity and depression reinforce one another. In a pooled analysis of 15 prospective studies, those who were obese at baseline…
Read more →August 12, 2026
EMDR Addresses Two Distinct Targets in Addiction
Among 150 patients hospitalized in an addiction unit, 94% were found to have a history of at least one traumatic event. Trauma is not the exception here. EMDR is used in two different ways in addiction treatment. The first is trauma-focused…
Read more →August 11, 2026
Hearing Loss Is One of the Biggest Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia
Approximately 45% of dementia cases are attributed to 14 modifiable risk factors. Hearing loss alone accounts for 7%. This figure comes from the 2024 Lancet Commission report. In the same report, untreated vision…
Read more →August 9, 2026
How Does Horse Riding Affect a Child?
In a randomized study of 131 middle school students, an 11-week equine-assisted program improved social competence (d = 0.55). A neurodevelopmental diagnosis was not required for the children in this study. Only…
Read more →August 8, 2026
Mourning Rituals
Visiting graves, mevlit prayers, offering condolences: do these really help with grief? The literature's answer is different from what you might expect. Grief itself is not an illness. Following natural deaths, the risk of prolonged grief disorder…
Read more →August 5, 2026
Bullying Is Not a Matter of Character
Nearly half of children who are bullied do not tell anyone. And talking to the school alone does not reduce victimization. In an analysis combining 116 studies and 603,231 participants, children and adolescents…
Read more →August 2, 2026
Your Brain Is Working While You Rest / Default Mode Network
When you think you are doing nothing, your brain is running one of its most energy-intensive networks. It is called the Default Mode Network. The way it was discovered was intriguing: tasks requiring attention…
Read more →July 29, 2026
Whether fate, luck, or destiny..
Call it fate, luck, or destiny. Their role in our successes and failures is greater than we think. Seeking meaning is human and healthy. The brain seeks to explain what happens to it and establish a pattern…
Read more →July 27, 2026
Don't stop taking your medication. Just let us know.
If you are taking psychiatric medication, do not stop. Just mention one thing: are you planning to have a child? Antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics. Whatever the medication, when a prescription is written, having a child…
Read more →July 19, 2026
I “almost” won
"I almost won" can be processed by the brain not as a loss, but as a win. In a study published in Neuron (Clark et al., 2009), participants narrowly…
Read more →July 11, 2026
Bipolar depression
It looks like depression — but its treatment is completely different. Bipolar depression is easily overlooked. Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder with a strong genetic and neurobiological basis; a matter of "willpower"…
Read more →July 11, 2026
The invisible metabolic power of sleep
Every night you say "I'll sleep later," your metabolism sends you the bill. Too little sleep blunts insulin sensitivity and increases appetite. Sleep is not just rest; it regulates blood sugar, hunger–satiety signals, and energy balance…
Read more →July 6, 2026
A sense of injustice is not a character flaw—it is a real burden carried by the nervous system.
There is a strong link between perceived injustice and depressive symptoms: a meta-analysis combining 33 studies estimates this association at r = 0.57, and contradictory evidence directly refuting it…
Read more →July 1, 2026
Does thinking bad thoughts make bad things happen?
Do you shudder when you think of something bad? "Be careful what you say, or it will happen to you" — this belief is not as harmless as it seems. For someone who overthinks, it is a real trap. Psychology has a name for it:…
Read more →June 27, 2026
The Power of Context
"I would never do that." Are you sure? You may not be innocent of a sin you have never been tested with — because you have never faced that test. When observing someone else's behavior from the outside, a quiet assumption operates: "the problem is that…
Read more →June 23, 2026
Setting Boundaries
While trying to please everyone, do you end up pleasing no one — least of all yourself? There is a clinical term for this: sociotropy. Placing excessive importance on relationships and approval, fearing rejection…
Read more →June 21, 2026
A baby’s mental health begins with the mother — but no mother should have to carry this alone
An infant's mental health begins with the mother — but no mother has to shoulder this alone. Postpartum depression affects approximately 1 in 7 mothers and often goes unrecognized. This is a…
Read more →June 21, 2026
The Endless Feed and the Young Brain
When you opened it, it was going to be 5 minutes. Now 90 minutes have passed. Are endless video feeds really disrupting our attention and sleep — or is that an exaggeration? The answer is more nuanced than you think. The problem is not "lack of willpower," but design:…
Read more →June 17, 2026
Socializing in Later Life: Not a Luxury, but a Protective Factor
Friendship in later life is not a luxury — it is a protective factor that extends life to a degree comparable to quitting smoking. Retirement, children moving on with their own lives, the loss of spouses and friends……
Read more →June 16, 2026
Prejudice Against Antidepressants
Are antidepressants addictive? Do they change your personality? The 6 most common fears and what the evidence says 👇 Antidepressants do not cause addiction: craving, a need for progressively higher doses, and compulsive…
Read more →June 15, 2026
Cryptocurrency Losses
📉🧠 Can cryptocurrency losses affect not just your wallet, but your mental health too? When the cryptocurrencies you invested in with such enthusiasm lose their value, is what you experience really only a financial loss…
Read more →June 14, 2026
Regular Walking
Taking 7,000 steps a day can almost halve the risk of premature death — and its effects are not limited to the body. 👇 Walking is the world's most accessible "medicine": free, equipment-free, and almost…
Read more →June 14, 2026
Schedule an Appointment with Worry
Schedule an appointment with worry: give negative thoughts time instead of pushing them away Trying to push a negative thought away often makes it stronger. What if, instead of pushing it away, you gave it an appointment? Controlled…
Read more →June 6, 2026
EMDR Europe Annual Conference | Oslo 2026 - Poster Abstracts
We are on the second day of this year's EMDR Europe Conference in Oslo. As at the previous conference in Dublin, I had the opportunity to explore the poster area in detail this year.…
Read more →June 5, 2026
Adult ADHD
We recognize ADHD by 3 symptoms: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. But in adults, there are 9 symptom dimensions — and 6 are either entirely absent or inadequately covered in the most commonly used screening scales (Chua et al.,…
Read more →June 3, 2026
Morning Tea and the Human Mind
Tea leaves do not actually have a "tea scent." That copper-red color, that distinctive aroma, that astringent taste — none is present in the fresh leaf. They all arise through a cellular paradox: in the tea leaf…
Read more →June 3, 2026
Codependency
You know what they want at every moment. But what do you want? There is a commonly used term for losing your sense of self in a relationship: codependency. First, let us be clear: codependency is NOT a DSM diagnosis, and…
Read more →June 3, 2026
Magnesium | The right form, the right effect
Magnesium deficiency may affect approximately half of adults , but which form does what? Magnesium is a mineral involved in more than 300 enzymatic reactions in the body. In the brain, NMDA…
Read more →June 2, 2026
The Exercise–Athlete Paradox
Exercise reduces the risk of depression by ~25%. So why are the people who train the most in the world — elite athletes — not immune? In the general population, the picture is clear: regular physical activity, depression…
Read more →June 2, 2026
Lacanian Structural Diagnosis
The same diagnosis does not mean the same person. Two people may both say, "I'm afraid of losing control" — yet entirely different structures may be at work within them. In Lacanian psychoanalysis, diagnosis is based not on how a symptom appears;…
Read more →May 29, 2026
A lucky hour or a lousy hour? 🧠
Before asking someone for something, we intuitively look for the "right moment" and avoid the "wrong time." There is measurable science behind this everyday intuition. We see ourselves and others as fixed, consistent…
Read more →May 27, 2026
Time: Both a Remedy and a Poison for Emotions
Time is both medicine and poison for emotions. You determine which it will be. Negative emotions fade faster over time — this is called the "fading affect bias"; across 10 different cultures, 2,400 autobiographical…
Read more →May 27, 2026
How does a tea leaf turn into this flavor? | Morning Tea and the Human Mind
Tea leaves do not actually have a "tea scent." That copper-red color, that distinctive aroma, that astringent taste — none is present in the fresh leaf. They all arise through a cellular paradox: in the tea leaf…
Read more →May 24, 2026
The air you breathe shapes your mental health
Urban air reaches beyond your lungs — it plays a larger role in depression, anxiety, and dementia than we think. The ultrafine particles called PM₂.₅ are approximately one-thirtieth of a human hair…
Read more →May 24, 2026
Is It Possible to Improve Mental Health?
Whenever we talk about "improving" mental health, the focus is on treatment. Yet the brain's protective foundations are laid before illness begins. Over the past 10 years, preventive psychiatry has examined whether lifestyle truly affects the risk of mental disorders…
Read more →May 24, 2026
Your Brain Changes When You Have a Mentor
Your brain works differently when you have a mentor — the evidence is clear. Mentoring is a regular, reciprocal relationship with a supportive adult other than a parent. It can be natural or structured. Years…
Read more →May 24, 2026
Hyperfocus | The Double-Edged Sword of ADHD
Five hours passed, and you did not notice. Your phone rang, and you did not answer. Your food went cold, and you forgot about it. In ADHD hyperfocus, everything evaporates. This is not willpower. A state of intense, narrowed, sustained focus —…
Read more →May 23, 2026
Is the road to hell really paved with good intentions?
Perhaps this proverb conceals our brain's oldest bias. Years later, we judge the "correctness" of a decision by its outcome. If the outcome is bad, we say, "I made the wrong decision." Yet the decision,…
Read more →May 22, 2026
Your zodiac sign may not describe you perfectly, or perhaps it bears some resemblance
But the traits it describes sound familiar to science. Astrology is not science — its predictions cannot be replicated or falsified, and it is not based on a causal mechanism. Still, the feeling that "this describes me perfectly"…
Read more →May 21, 2026
A dog, a cat, a budgie — how much can they benefit our mental health?
A dog, a cat, a budgerigar — none is a cure for depression. But for the right person, in the right circumstances, the effect is measurable. What does the literature say? • Among older adults living alone, pet owners…
Read more →May 20, 2026
Looking back, can you say what you have spent most of the past years doing?
This question is not an accusation — it is a call for awareness. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) places time, attention, and values at the heart of psychology. Because time cannot be saved like money, or taken back…
Read more →May 20, 2026
ADHD medications are not addictive — on the contrary, they may help prevent addiction.
US data from 3 million patients (Quinn et al., American Journal of Psychiatry 2017): during periods of ADHD medication use, substance-related emergency department visits decreased by 35% in men and 31% in women. Treatment…
Read more →May 20, 2026
Isn’t it frustrating to end up in the wrong when you were right to begin with?
You cannot claim to be in the right during that outburst. Because at that very moment, the brain region you need to explain what is troubling you — the prefrontal cortex — largely goes offline. The amygdala sounds the alarm, the heart…
Read more →May 20, 2026
Information alone will not change you. Who gives you that information can.
A rule of behavior change that gets less attention than we might expect: a message’s impact is largely determined not by its content, but by the person delivering it. In the Framingham Heart Study’s 32 years of data on 12,067 people,…
Read more →May 20, 2026
The Silent Fourth Symptom of ADHD: Difficulty Regulating Emotions
Are you still replaying an incident hours after receiving criticism? Why does a minor setback leave you feeling “crushed”? Emotion dysregulation, in adults with ADHD,…
Read more →May 16, 2026
I Can’t Enjoy Anything
Being unable to enjoy anything is not laziness. Nor is it a character flaw. It is a clinical symptom: anhedonia. One of the two core symptoms of depression in DSM-5. It is not a diagnosis on its own — but…
Read more →May 16, 2026
How Can You Break the Cycle of Overthinking?
Does the same thought keep going around in your mind? This is not deep thinking — the clinical term is rumination. Staying awake for hours at night, replaying the same event dozens of times, exhausting yourself without reaching a solution. This,…
Read more →May 11, 2026
How Many Hours Should You Sleep, and When?
New data tracking 100,000 people reveal what matters even more than duration. The most common answer for adults: 7–9 hours a night. But the data show a U-shaped pattern: very short (<6 hours) and very…
Read more →May 11, 2026
The link between circadian rhythm and mental health
You think you are getting the same 7 hours of sleep. Your brain pays attention to WHICH 7 hours — and so does your mood. In a UK Biobank analysis of 91,105 people, those with lower circadian rhythm amplitude had a lifetime…
Read more →May 11, 2026
Does your mind become more active at night?
If your scattered morning attention comes together at 11 p.m. — that feeling is real, but it is not an advantage. Approximately 29% of adults living with ADHD have an evening chronotype (~17% in the control group). Delayed Sleep…
Read more →May 11, 2026
ADHD + OCPD: A Combination That Can Go Unnoticed for Years
Can we be both disorganized and perfectionistic? Clinically, the answer is yes — especially in people with high intelligence. OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder) should not be confused with OCD. In OCD, involuntary thoughts…
Read more →May 8, 2026
Is it possible to soften narcissistic patterns?
Finding the answer requires not dismantling the personality — but making the defense visible. Clinically, narcissism is not a single presentation; ICD-11 and DSM-5-AMPD describe it in terms of identity / self-direction / empathy / intimacy…
Read more →May 8, 2026
Taking a break is not laziness—it is brain care. 🧠
Those moments when you stare at a screen for hours, unable to do anything, are no coincidence. Under sustained cognitive load, vigilant attention declines over time — known in neuroscience as “vigilance decrement.”…
Read more →May 8, 2026
Is the phrase “The good guys always win” innocent?
Your brain automatically learns the opposite, too. This phrase, heard everywhere from children’s fairy tales to movie endings, carries a serious political risk at the intersection of linguistics and behavioral science. #Relational Frame…
Read more →May 8, 2026
Are Fears Limiting Your Life?
The 5 most common specific phobias and the most effective treatment according to science. If you climb 7 flights of stairs to avoid taking the elevator. If you change your vacation plans to avoid flying. If your blood test appointment…
Read more →May 2, 2026
A regular sleep schedule: the most powerful “natural antidepressant” for depression and anxiety
After a sleepless night, the world always looks a little gloomier. This is no coincidence — your brain’s emotion-processing system works at night. In individuals experiencing insomnia, the risk of developing depression is 1.82…
Read more →May 2, 2026
The Role and Benefits of Music in Our Lives
One song instantly calms you; another gets you on your feet. This is no coincidence — music speaks directly to your autonomic nervous system. Including 104 randomized controlled trials and 9,617 participants…
Read more →April 27, 2026
Why is saying “It worked really well for my brother-in-law” not enough? 🧬
The 5 Layers of Scientific Knowledge: Why is saying “It worked wonders for my brother-in-law” not enough? 🧬 A treatment that helped someone you know is not proof that it will help you, too. Science assesses how reliable a piece of information…
Read more →April 27, 2026
A Cold Morning Shower | What does it teach your brain in 3 minutes?
If you just cannot clear your head in the morning, the problem may not be motivation — but the lack of a stimulus to wake up your nervous system. A randomized controlled trial involving 3,018 people (PLOS ONE,…
Read more →April 25, 2026
The Overlooked Shortcut in the Borderline Marathon
The overlooked shortcut in the borderline marathon: adult ADHD. They have been receiving DBT for 3 years, yet cannot make appointments on time or stick to a plan for more than a day. The question is not whether therapy is enough — but what lies beneath…
Read more →April 24, 2026
Is Bipolar Disorder a Single Clinical Entity?
Bipolar disorder is often discussed as a single presentation: someone alternating between mania and depression. Akiskal’s spectrum model suggests that mood is not an on–off switch, but a continuum from light to dark…
Read more →April 23, 2026
Fish oil — A claim we have heard for years has been challenged by a new study published in 2026. 🧠
''Fish oil protects your brain (in older adults).'' This claim, which we have heard for years, was challenged by a new study published in 2026. 🧠 Liao et al. (J Prev Alzheimer’s Dis, 2026) followed 819 older adults from ADNI for 5…
Read more →April 23, 2026
Happy April 23 National Sovereignty and Children’s Day!
Let us do more than celebrate April 23 — let us protect children in ways supported by science. 🇹🇷 Happy April 23 National Sovereignty and Children’s Day! Large-scale meta-analyses and systematic reviews,…
Read more →April 21, 2026
🔴 "INCONGRUENT NEURONS" (Incongruent Neurons / ICN)
20% of your brain may know about an ERROR in advance. A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications in January 2026 examined the biomimetic brain model developed by the Dartmouth–MIT–Stony Brook team…
Read more →April 12, 2026
📱When they say, “Your blood sugar is a little high”..
Most people hear this sentence, take the paper, and leave — and do nothing. Yet prediabetes is not diabetes itself; it is a critical window during which reversal is still possible. 🔬 What does the literature say? 📍…
Read more →April 8, 2026
The Psychiatric Side of Menopause
Menopause is not “just hormonal.” 🧠 During perimenopause, the risk of major depression increases 2–4-fold compared with premenopause. Verbal memory changes, attention becomes scattered, sleep is disrupted — all of these…
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🧠 Is your forgetfulness due to aging or depression?
Everyone presenting with memory complaints thinks of "dementia." But failing to ask this question risks missing a potentially life-changing diagnosis: pseudodementia — that is, the apparent…
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Why does that gum-chewing sound bother you so much? 😤 | Misophonia
That feeling others do not understand, but you know all too well: the sound of someone chewing, breathing, or clicking a pen — and the intense, uncontrollable anger rising inside you. This is not irritability…
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You’re trying to help someone—and they get defensive
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🧠 Why Do I Get Tired So Quickly? Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) in Adults
In everyday life, do you feel completely exhausted after leaving a crowded place, get distracted when certain fabrics touch your skin, or feel as though the noise in a café is driving only you crazy…
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The Neurochemistry of Movement
🧠 If you are waiting for motivation to go to the gym — you have the order wrong. Motivation is not the cause of movement, but its result. When you exercise, the following happens in your brain: ⚡ Dopamine &…
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Adult ADHD: Not a Matter of Willpower, but of Organization
Most people living with adult ADHD spend their lives struggling with unfair labels such as "lazy," "irresponsible," or "disorganized." Yet modern psychiatry and neuroscience tell us that this…
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Sexual Education, Treatment and Research Association Information Dossier
You can access the Sexual Life and Problems Information Pack prepared by CETAD and its summary. Click for the summary prepared by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alişan Burak Yaşar…
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What are the effects of saffron during pregnancy?
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Association Between GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Worsening Mental Illness in People with Depression and Anxiety in Sweden: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Click for the original article Click for the presentation Association Between GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Worsening Mental Illness in People With Depression and Anxiety in Sweden:…
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Why does a physical wound heal within weeks, while a wound inflicted by a 'word' continues to bleed for years?
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Relational Frame Theory (RFT): A Comprehensive Briefing Document on Language and Cognition
This document was prepared based on Niklas Törneke's work "İlişkisel Çerçeve Kuramı (RFT) Öğrenimi" (Learning Relational Frame Theory [RFT]). The document addresses the paradigm shift in modern behavioral psychology’s understanding of language and cognition…
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20 Distinctive Features of Relational Frame Theory
The 20 distinguishing features of relational frame theory are as follows: Skinner's Basic Categories of Verbal Behavior (Verbal Operants) 1. Tact (Describing/Naming): Physical objects in the external world or…
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Trauma Lives Not Only in Our Minds, but Also in Our Hearts
The study’s most striking finding is that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), in particular, increases the risk of a heart attack 2.73-fold. So why is our heart affected so profoundly? 🧬 This increase in risk…
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When Do Antidepressants Start Working? New Findings Beyond Conventional Wisdom 🧠💊
In clinical practice and textbooks, we are often told that we must wait weeks (usually 4–6 weeks) for antidepressants to take effect. However, in the journal Nature Mental Health…
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Why Does Our Biology Resist the Modern World?
A Biological Misalignment in the Modern World: Evolutionary Mismatch The human species (Homo sapiens) evolved over millions of years to adapt to natural environmental conditions. However, over the past 300 years…
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MDMA Destekli Kabul ve Kararlılık Terapisi Travma Sonrası Stres Bozukluğu İçin: Yeni Bir Yaklaşım İçin Gerekçe (MDMA-Assisted Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Rationale for a New Approach)
Authors: Matthew S. Herbert , Brian H. Blanco, Dimitri Perivoliotis, Jason Luoma , Gisele Fernandes-Osterhold, Andrew Bismark, Josh D. Woolley Journal: Cognitive and Behavioral Practice Translated by:…
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Kişilik Bozukluğu Olan Bireylerde Göz Hareketleriyle Duyarsızlaştırma ve Yeniden İşleme Terapisi - Randomize Klinik Araştırma (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy in Persons With Personality Disorders - A Randomized Clinical Trial)
Authors: Simon Hofman, MSc; Laurian Hafkemeijer, MSc; Ad de Jongh, PhD; Cristina W. Slotema, PhD Published: September 25, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.33421 Translated by: Specialist Psychologist Elena Gizem Pozam…
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Ketamin Destekli EMDR Terapisi™ Travma Sonrası Stres Bozukluğu (TSSB) İçin: Farmakoterapi ve Psikoterapinin Sinerjik Etkilerinin İncelenmesi (Ketamine-Assisted EMDR Therapy™ for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Examining the Synergistic Effects of Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy)
Original Title: Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ for PTSD: investigating the synergistic effects of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy Authors: Michele Topel & Danielle Ciccone Journal: European…
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What Can EMDR Offer People Living with Dementia and Their Carers? (What can EMDR offer people living with dementia and their carers?)
Authors: Jonathan Hutchins, Khyati Rawal, Henk Swanepoel, Lucilla De Mattia, Clare Keogh Translated by: Specialist Psychologist Elena Gizem Pozam Introduction Dementia involves cognitive functions such as memory, thinking skills, comprehension, and speech…
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🧠 Neuro EMDR: Applying EMDR Therapy with Clients Who Have Impaired Cognitive Abilities (Neuro EMDR: Applying EMDR therapy with clients who have impaired cognitive abilities)
Authors: Dr. Jonathan Hutchins, EMDR Supervision, UK, www.emdrsupervision.uk Simon Proudlock, EMDR Consultancy, UK. www.emdrconsultancy.com Translated by: Specialist Psychologist Elena Gizem Pozam EMDR therapy, both…
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The Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Diagnostic Status in Patients with a Personality Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial (The Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Diagnostic Status in Patients with a Personality Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial)
Journal: Psychotherapy and Psychosomotics. 2025 Jul 25. doi: 10.1159/000547622 Authors: Laurian Hafkemeijer 1 , Simon Hofman 2 , Ad de Jongh 3 4 5 6 7 , Dorien de Roos 1 , Maaike van Velzen 1 ,…
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Exercise Prescribing in Psychiatry: Challenges in Translating Evidence into Practice and Behavior Change Strategies
Physical exercise offers benefits supported by strong evidence in many psychiatric disorders, particularly depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia . Clinical guidelines recommend exercise for mental health…
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EMDR Ruh Sağlığı Tedavisinin Sanal Gerçeklikte Otomatikleştirilmesi (Automating EMDR Mental Health Treatment in Virtual Reality)
Automating EMDR Mental Health Treatment in Virtual Reality (Automating EMDR Mental Health Treatment in Virtual Reality) Authors: Mu Mu 1, Olive Chan 1, Andrew Debus 1, Murtada Dohan 1,…
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Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu ve Ciddi Duygusal Düzensizliği Olan Ergenlerin Ebeveynlerinde Çocuğa Bağlı TSSB için EMDR Terapisi: Çoklu Başlangıç Seviyesi Değerlendirmesi (EMDR Therapy for Child-Related PTSD in Parents of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Severe Emotional Dysregulation: A Multiple-Baseline Evaluation)
EMDR Therapy for Child-Related PTSD in Parents of Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Severe Emotional Dysregulation: A Multiple-Baseline Evaluation (EMDR-therapy for child-related…
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Presentation at the 3rd National EMDR Congress
I am pleased to share my presentation reviewing studies conducted in the field of EMDR in 2024, delivered at the 3rd National EMDR Congress, held under the title From Trauma to Resilience: The EMDR Bridge.…
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Türkiye Ruh Sağlığı Profili-2: Yaygınlık ve Tedavi İhtiyacı (Turkey Mental Health Profile-2: Prevalence and Treatment Needs)
The text presented consists of extensive excerpts from the final report of the Türkiye Ruh Sağlığı Profili - 2 Araştırması (Turkey Mental Health Profile – 2 Study), which examines the prevalence of mental disorders and the need for treatment in Turkey…
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy in Individuals with Personality Disorders – A Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Simon Hofman, MSc 1,2 ; Laurian Hafkemeijer, MSc 2,3 ; Ad de Jongh, PhD 3,4,5,6,7,8 JAMA Netw Open Published Online: September 25, 2025 2025;8;(9):e2533421.…
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Göz Hareketleriyle Duyarsızlaştırma ve Yeniden İşleme (EMDR) Müdahalesinin Alkol Kullanım Bozukluğunda Aşermeyi Önlemedeki Etkisi: Pilot Randomize Kontrollü Çalışma (The Effect of an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Intervention on Preventing Craving in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial) -
The Effect of an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Intervention on Preventing Craving in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial - Eye Movement Desensitization and…
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Edinilmiş Beyin Hasarı Sonrası Travma Sonrası Stres Bozukluğu İçin Göz Hareketleriyle Duyarsızlaştırma ve Yeniden İşleme: Dört Vakada Çoklu Temel Çizgi Tek Denekli Deneysel Tasarım Çalışması (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Acquired Brain Injury: A Multiple-Baseline Single-Case Experimental Design Study in Four Cases)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Acquired Brain Injury: A Multiple-Baseline Single-Case Experimental Design Study in Four Cases - Eye…
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Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) ve Göz Hareketleriyle Duyarsızlaştırma ve Yeniden İşleme (EMDR) Yöntemlerinin Çocukluk Travması ile İlişkili Travma Sonrası Stres Bozukluğu (Ch-PTSD) Olan Yetişkinlerdeki Etkileri: Şema Modları Üzerindeki Etkileri (Effects of Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Adults with Childhood Trauma-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Ch-PTSD): Effects on Schema Modes)
Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Adults With Childhood Trauma-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ch-PTSD)…
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Epigenetic Aging: A Longitudinal Meta-Analysis
PTSD and Epigenetic Aging: A Longitudinal Meta-analysis (Pre-publication corresponding) PTSD and Epigenetic Aging: A Longitudinal Meta-analysis Pre-publication Corresponding Authors: Xiang Zhao1,…
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Effectiveness of an intensive outpatient treatment program combining prolonged exposure and EMDR therapy for adolescents and young adults with PTSD in a naturalistic setting
Effectiveness of an intensive outpatient treatment program combining prolonged exposure and EMDR therapy for adolescents and young adults with PTSD in a naturalistic setting (Effectiveness of an intensive…
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Family therapy and EMDR after child abuse and neglect: moderating effects of child attachment style and PTSD symptoms on treatment outcome Family therapy and EMDR after child abuse and neglect: moderating effects of child attachment style and PTSD symptoms on treatment outcome
Family therapy and EMDR after child abuse and neglect: The moderating effects of child attachment style and PTSD symptoms on treatment outcome Family therapy and EMDR after child abuse and…
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Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder
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Improving Infant Mental Health: A Pilot Study on the Effectiveness, Acceptability and Feasibility of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Storytelling in Infants With Post-traumatic Distress After Medical Procedures - Improving Infant Mental Health: A Pilot Study on the Effectiveness, Acceptability and Feasibility of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Storytelling in Infants With Post-traumatic Distress After Medical Procedures
Improving Infant Mental Health: The Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Storytelling in Infants Experiencing Post-Traumatic Distress After Medical Procedures,…
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Bolstering the adaptive information processing model: a narrative review - Bolstering the adaptive information processing model: a narrative review
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Travma İyileşmesine Dijital Bir Çözüm: Modern Çağda EMDR Terapisi - A Digital Solution to Trauma Recovery: EMDR Therapy in the Modern Age
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Borderline Kişilik Bozukluğu ve Travma Sonrası Stres Bozukluğu Arasındaki Köprü Belirtilerin Belirlenmesi: Ulusal Bir Kohorttan Bir Ağ Analizi - Identifying Bridge Symptoms Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Network Analysis From a National Cohort
Identifying Bridge Symptoms Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Network Analysis From a National Cohort - Identifying Bridge Symptoms Between Borderline…
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Depresyonda Göz Hareketleriyle Duyarsızlaştırma ve Yeniden İşleme Tedavisinin Etkinliği: Randomize Kontrollü Çalışmaların Meta Analizi ve Meta-Regresyonu (Efficacy of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy for Depression: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Randomized Controlled Trials)
The Efficacy of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Treatment for Depression: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Randomized Controlled Trials Eye Movement…
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Çocuklukla ilişkili TSSB: EMDR ve imgeleme ile yeniden senaryolaştırmada bilişlerin rolü (Childhood-related PTSD: the role of cognitions in EMDR and imagery rescripting)
Authors: Nele Assmann, Sophie A. Rameckers, Anja Schaich, Christopher W. Lee, Katrina Boterhoven de Haan, Marleen M. Rijkeboer, Arnoud Arntz & Eva Fassbinder Translated by: Specialist Psychologist Gizem Pozam ABSTRACT…
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A 12-month follow-up study of intensive outpatient treatment combining prolonged exposure therapy, EMDR, and physical activity for PTSD
TSSB için uzun süreli maruz bırakma terapisi, EMDR ve fiziksel aktiviteyi birleştiren yoğun ayaktan tedavinin 12 aylık takibi (12-month follow-up of intensive outpatient treatment for PTSD combining…
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State of the Science: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
State of the science: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jts.23012 State of the Science: Eye Movement Desensitization…
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