The aim of the present investigation is to compare self-esteem, marital satisfaction, marital life and psychological well-being among employed and unemployed married women. The sample of the present study consisted of 51 employed and 41 unemployed married women. Rosenberg self-esteem scale, psychological well-being scale, marital life scale, marriage satisfaction scale were administered to all participants. The data was analyzed using pearson correlation, spearman analyze, t-test, mann-whitney u test, ki-square test, one way and multi-way variance analysis in SPSS-23 program. The results are discussed and conclusion of the study is below. The main findings showed that there was a significant difference between employed and unemployed married women marriage satisfaction and marriage life quality and also self-esteem rates vary depending on the income of the family.

One of the most important members of serotonin metabolism is serotonin transporter (5HTT), which takes the serotonin back from the synaptic cavity into the presynaptic neuron (reuptake). This protein is encoded by the SLC6A4 gene and the functional deletion / insertion mutation in the promoter region of this gene affects the transcription rate. The “S” allele is referred to be the short form of the gene and studies in this field reported its relationship with anxiety. In the present study, we aimed to determine the distribution of the short (S) and long (L) alleles of SLC6A4 gene in 44 young, successful and healthy Turkish male soccer players. Genotyping process was completed by conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) after DNA isolation. According to the results, 10 (23%) of the players had LL, 25 (57%) had LS and 9 (20%) had SS genotypes. In the allele distributions, L allele was counted as 45 (51%) and S allel as 43 (49%). It has been reported that SLC6A4 alleles show large variation in individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders compared to the healthy individuals. This is the first study to report that LL genotype and L allele are more frequent than SS genotype and S allele in Turkish young professional soccer players

Cerebral palsy is a problem of movement and posture and caused by lesion in immature brain. Normal brain has normal influences on lower centers and normal development in movements and postures. There are different sensory motor approaches like Bobath, Brunnstorm, Rood and PNF (Properioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitations) in recovery of motor function in patients with upper motor neuron lesions. The backgrounds of these treatments can be explained by different theories like neurodevelopmental theory, reflex theory, hierarchical theory and system approach. Repetitions of normal movements generate the new areas in the brain to control the activities. Integration of reflex activity should be essential part of rehabilitation and physical development of children with cerebral palsy.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the children and adolescents diagnosed with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), whether they have disorder in theory of mind abilities compared with the healthy control group. For the study as patient group we took 40 children aged 10-16 diognased with ADHD according to DSM-V in Uludag University Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Policlinic, as control group we took 40 children admitted to our policlinic but receiving any psychiatric diagnosis. While sociodemographic characteristics of the patients were being evaluated with a detailed form; neuropsychological tests were implemented to investigate the intelligence development and theory of mind skills. To evaluate psychopathologies Kiddie-Sads Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Schedule for School Age Children Present and Lifetime Version (Turkish) version (K-SADSPL) were implemented. The Hinting test, Eye Reading Test, Sally-Anne Test, Smarties Test, Chocolate Test, and Ice Cream Truck Test were applied to evaluate the mind theorists skills of the participants. No significant difference was found between the groups in the first level the theory of mind tests (p = 0,152). In the second level of theory of mind theory, the group with ADHD was found to have failed significantly (p = 0.002). The group with ADHD was also more unsuccessful in the eyes test with advanced the theory of mind test (p = 0.006). It has been found that there is deficit of theory of mind in ADHD. It has been concluded that the existence of the deficit of the theory of mind is required to be re-examined with new methods when diagnosing and treating

Studies to date have shown the contribution of an athletes’ genetic endowment in athletic performance. Although these studies revealed that cognitive abilities influence athletes’ competitive performance, there are only a few studies trying to investigate the association between genetic polymorphisms, which is associated with cognitive ability, and athletic performance. In the present study, we aimed investigate the link between dopamine receptor-2 (DRD2) gene rs1800497 polymorphism, which is known to exert influences on brain dopaminergic system and athletic performance of volleyball players and bodybuilders. In this regard, we enrolled 9 female volleyball players and 15 active bodybuilders in the study. Real-time PCR methodology was used for genotyping. The respective numbers and percentages of A1A1, A1A2 and A2A2 genotypes in bodybuilders were 2 (13%), 1 (7%) and 12 (80%). All the volleyball players had A2A2 genotypes. The results have revealed that addiction related A1 allele is underrepresented in volleyball players and bodybuilders. These first findings indicate that the polygenic or multifactorial mechanism may explain effect of cognitive abilities in athletes’ performance.

Disasters are known to change people’s lives, both victims and their carers. Rescue and relief workers are also significantly affected by the psychological consequences of disasters. To assess the psychological impact of 8th Oct 2005 earthquake of Pakistan on the health care providers who worked in the affected areas. A group of health care providers who worked in the disaster affected areas for 6 months, belonging to the Armed Forces were approached through the heads of their organizations after a lapse of this time period. Since there is a central computerized record of all the personnel who worked in the relief work, it was relatively easy to track down the participants who provided relief work in earthquake of Oct 2005. The participants were initially contacted on phone and then subsequently interviewed and asked to make responses to a battery of psychological instruments and questionnaires, designed to measure different psychosocial distresses and disorders at 10 years post-earthquake. The data collected was compared with an age and gender matched controls. The results showed General Health Questionnaire – 28 (GHQ-28) ‘Caseness’ in 79.3% of the cases, Impact of Events Scale (IES) measured psychological distress in 27.1% of the cases, Compassion Fatigue Questionnaire (CFQ) established emotional fatigue in 75% of cases and 68.3% of controls and poor Social Support was established in 15.2% of the exposed group. Moreover, the difference amongst the scores of Exposed Group and the Controls were statistically significant (p=0.04). The GHQ-28 positive cases showed high scores on IES (33.3% scored above the cut-off score) and CFQ (77.7% reported emotional fatigue) and poor scores on SSQ (17.8% reported unsatisfactory social support). Caregivers and relief workers are at risk of developing psychological distress and compassion fatigue in disaster situations. Inadequate logistics and more than 20 days of stay in the affected areas are associated with increased risk of traumatization that is palpable even after a period of 10 years. Adequate disaster management planning is necessary to facilitate performance of the relief workers and prevention of secondary traumatization

Neglect and abuse experienced during childhood have many negative consequences including psychosocial, medical and societal. Recent studies have shown that negative experiences in the early periods of life affect the developing brain structure. Studies using brain imaging and biochemical techniques allow for a better understanding of the neurobiological consequences of neglect and abuse experienced during childhood. In addition, neurobiological consequences of early stress play an influential role in the emergence of psychiatric disorders. In this study, it was aimed to review the neuro-hormonal effects (changes in the HPA axis) and changes in the brain areas (hippocampus, corpus callosum and amygdala) of the traumatic event experienced during childhood.

Choroidal fissure cyst (CFC), an intracranial space-occupying mass, is often incidentally identified and generally regarded not to present with overt clinical signs. The concurrence of space-occupying lesions with psychotic disorders have been reported in numerous cases; however, to the best of our knowledge, co-occurrent CFC and schizophrenia have not been published before in the literature. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been frequently considered relatively contraindicated in patients with spaceoccupying lesions in the brain; nevertheless, in the last few years, increased numbers of studies encourage clinicians to treat drugresistant psychiatric patients with ECT. Here we present 21-year-old male patient, who has been diagnosed with antipsychoticresistant schizophrenia with a coincidental CFC who have been clinically improved by bilateral and modified nine sessions of ECT. It is recommended to be deliberate if ECT will be applied to the patients with intracranial mass on the treatment phase. ECT may cause some side effects by increasing intracranial pressure on the patients, including rupture of cystic lesions. However, recent publications stated that ECT could be used safely in cysts, which do not cause edema or intracranial pressure increase. Our patient has not been presented any intracranial pressure signs nor neurological deficits. This report supports the safety and efficacy of ECT in the treatment of psychiatric disorders accompanied by intracranial structural lesions; nevertheless, all the risks ought to be taken into account cautiously when ECT becomes an issue for the psychiatric patients with intracranial mass and the opinion of neurosurgeons should be taken with calculating the benefit-loss ratio.