Apathy is characterised by clinically significant decrease in goal directed act, due to lack of m... more Apathy is characterised by clinically significant decrease in goal directed act, due to lack of motivation. Apathy could be seen both as a symptom of other syndromes or as a syndrome per se. It has been reported that, apathy is caused by affected especially frontal and basal fore brain systems. Neuropharmacology of apathy is very complicated and many neurotransmitters and neuro-modulators can play a part in apathy. Dopaminergic drugs like amantadine, amphetamine, bupropion, methylphenidate, levodopa/carbidopa have been used in the treatment of apathy. In this case report, treatment of apathy due to colloid cyst operation with bromocriptine is presented. Treatment resistant obsessive compulsive syndrome and apathy symptoms were emerged after the operation of colloid cycstectomy in a 44 years old female patient. Although obssesive compulsive disorder was treated; there was not any change in apathy symptoms. Apathy symptoms were treated by gradually increasing bromocriptine.
Türk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry, 2005
To assess the factorial structure, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Tempera... more To assess the factorial structure, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), a 240-item, self-report, paper-and-pencil test, and true-false format inventory based on Cloninger's psychobiological model of personality. It measures the four higher-order temperament dimensions and three character dimensions. Using samples consisting of 470 healthy volunteers and 544 psychiatric patients, psychometric features were explored. The internal consistency of the scales was good (Cronbach alpha coefficients between 0.68 and 0.84), but weak for Reward dependence (0.55) and Persistence (0.56). The factor structures of the temperament and character dimensions, explored separately, were in agreement with the hypothesized constructs, except for the scales NS1 (Novelty Seeking 1 = exploratory excitability) and SD4 (Self-directedness 4 -- self-acceptance). The present study also confirmed that the TCI scales were weakly related among themselv...
Apathy is characterised by clinically significant decrease in goal directed act, due to lack of m... more Apathy is characterised by clinically significant decrease in goal directed act, due to lack of motivation. Apathy could be seen both as a symptom of other syndromes or as a syndrome per se. It has been reported that, apathy is caused by affected especially frontal and basal fore brain systems. Neuropharmacology of apathy is very complicated and many neurotransmitters and neuro-modulators can play a part in apathy. Dopaminergic drugs like amantadine, amphetamine, bupropion, methylphenidate, levodopa/carbidopa have been used in the treatment of apathy. In this case report, treatment of apathy due to colloid cyst operation with bromocriptine is presented. Treatment resistant obsessive compulsive syndrome and apathy symptoms were emerged after the operation of colloid cycstectomy in a 44 years old female patient. Although obssesive compulsive disorder was treated; there was not any change in apathy symptoms. Apathy symptoms were treated by gradually increasing bromocriptine.
Türk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry, 2005
To assess the factorial structure, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Tempera... more To assess the factorial structure, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), a 240-item, self-report, paper-and-pencil test, and true-false format inventory based on Cloninger's psychobiological model of personality. It measures the four higher-order temperament dimensions and three character dimensions. Using samples consisting of 470 healthy volunteers and 544 psychiatric patients, psychometric features were explored. The internal consistency of the scales was good (Cronbach alpha coefficients between 0.68 and 0.84), but weak for Reward dependence (0.55) and Persistence (0.56). The factor structures of the temperament and character dimensions, explored separately, were in agreement with the hypothesized constructs, except for the scales NS1 (Novelty Seeking 1 = exploratory excitability) and SD4 (Self-directedness 4 -- self-acceptance). The present study also confirmed that the TCI scales were weakly related among themselv...
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