Investigation of Problematic Mobile Phones Use and Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) Level in Adolescents.

The aim of the study is to define problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) and level of fear of missing out developments in social media (FoMO) in adolescents. The study sample consisted of 1630 students. The data were collected using fear of missing out scale (FoMOS), and scale for problematic mobile phone use (PU). Statistically significant differences were found the mean scores on PU according to gender, age, and academic success. The students' mean scores on PU and FoMOS were found to significant difference depending on frequency of social media and phone use. A significant relationship was found between the mean scores for FoMOS and PU. The regression analyses showed that the independent variables predict 27.5% of PMPU.

Cognitive behavioral therapy-based brief intervention for volatile substance misusers during adolescence: a follow-up study.

Of 62 males admitted for treatment in Turkey in 2008 with a diagnosis of volatile substance misuse (VSM) dependency, half were randomly allocated to receive a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based brief intervention and an education program and half participated only in the education program. One year after treatment, 38.2% of the experimental group and 58.1% of the control group had continued VSM during the last three months. This statistically significant difference indicates that CBT-based brief intervention is associated with reducing VSM in adolescents. Factors associated with abstinence after treatment are identified and study limitations are noted.

[Development and reliability study of the adolescent inhalant use severity scale]. / Ergenlerde uçucu madde kullanimi siddetini degerlendirme ölçeginin gelistirilmesi ve güvenilirlik çalismasi.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a scale in order to investigate the severity of inhalant use in adolescents and to conduct reliability and validity studies of this scale. METHOD: A questionnaire was developed by conducting interviews with two groups: professionals working with adolescent inhalant users and inhalant-using adolescents. This questionnaire was developed into a 21-item scale. This was applied by two different interviewers to 50 adolescents at Bakirköy Mental Health Hospital Inhalant Use Research and Treatment Center for Children and Adolescents. Two other professionals applied the Visual Analog Scale to the same 50 adolescents to evaluate the severity of inhalant use. The correlation between the two interviewer scores and the scores obtained from the Visual Analog Scale and the 21-item scale was evaluated. Addicts and non-addicts were evaluated using SCID-I and the scores of addicts and non-addicts were compared. Test re-test reliability of the scale was evaluated by applying the scale in the 10-15 days following the first administration. RESULTS: The correlation between the questionnaire scores and the Visual Analog Scale scores was adequate (0.72). The mean scores of addicts were higher than those of non-addicts (p<0.001). The Cronbach alpha value was 0.84. Three items had no internal consistency and the same items' interrater and test re-test reliability correlations were low. CONCLUSION: It is thought that when the 3 inconsistent items are removed the 18-item Yeniden Inhalant Use Severity Scale (YUKUD) is a reliable and valid measure to evaluate the severity of inhalant use in adolescents and that it can be used in related research.

[Social skills training in psychosocial therapy of schizophrenia: a multicenter study for symptom management and medication management modules]. / Sizofreninin ruhsal-toplumsal tedavisinde sosyal beceri egitimi. Belirtilerle basetme ve ilaç tedavisi yaklasiminin türkiye'de cok merkezli bir uygulamasi.

OBJECTIVE: It is known that psychosocial skills training programs increase the efficacy of schizophrenia treatment. The aim of this study was to carry out the Turkish version of two modules of a commonly used program, Social Skills Training (Medication Management and Symptom Management Modules), and to determine its possible benefits. METHOD: The study was carried out at three sites. Fifty schizophrenic patients who were at least literate and who did not have language problems or organic mental diseases, aged 18-60, using antipsychotic agents in a standard dose and in a stable phase were included in the study. Eight training groups were formed. Each group consisted of 5-7 individuals and the study took approximately eight months. The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, the Quality of Life Scale: an instrument for rating the schizophrenic deficit syndrome, the Drug Treatment Compliance Scale and Pre- and Post-Tests of Social Skills Training were applied to the patients before and after the group education The scores of the rating scales were compared. RESULTS: Thirty-eight (76%) patients completed the study. The mean age of the patients was 32 +/- 7, 84% were men, 58% had received less than 11 years, of education 84% had never married, and 97% were living with their families. The mean age of illness onset was 20 +/- 5 years, and the mean duration of the illness was 12 +/- 7 years. At the end of the study, the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale scores (baseline 42.0, after the training 37.1, p<0.02), and the Quality of Life Scale scores (baseline 67.5, after the training 75.3, p<0.01) were significantly changed. The level of knowledge of the patients about the medication and symptoms of schizophrenia increased 20.6%. Drug treatment compliance had also increased by the end of the study. CONCLUSION: The results show that this program contributed to the treatment compliance and treatment efficacy in schizophrenia. Increased treatment efficacy might have played a role in increasing of the quality of life a long with the group milieu. It may be concluded that this social skills training program, which did not encounter any problems in application, may contribute significantly to the treatment of schizophrenia.