Psychiatry Prof. Dr. Burcu Yavuz
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Prof. Dr. Burcu Yavuz is a psychiatrist at Acibadem Maslak Hospital in İstanbul with more than 19 years of experience.
She treats bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and manages suicide risk assessment, psychiatric medications including bipolar polypharmacy and antipsychotic treatment, and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for depressive disorder. She consults in Turkish and English and offers online video consultation.
About Prof. Dr. Burcu Yavuz
Prof. Dr. Burcu Yavuz is a psychiatrist with 19 years of experience. Her listed areas of expertise include obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, suicide risk assessment, psychiatric medication management, bipolar disorder polypharmacy management, antipsychotic medication management, and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for depressive disorder.
Prof. Dr. Yavuz graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine in 2003. She completed mental health and diseases training at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in 2008. She was at Istinye State Hospital in 2009 and joined Acibadem Health Group in 2012. She practises at Acibadem Maslak Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. From 2007 to 2008, she was Assistant Translation Editor at American Journal of Psychiatry.
The profile lists 10 publications dated between 2009 and 2011. Their subjects include polypharmacy in bipolar patients, anxiety disorder comorbidity and quality of life in bipolar temperament disorder, and electroencephalography abnormalities in patients taking antipsychotics and in bipolar affective disorder.
Prof. Dr. Yavuz speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with her before travelling.
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Education
- 2008Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Mental Health and Diseases
- 2003Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2012Acibadem Health Group
- 2009Istinye State Hospital
- 2008–2009Yüksekova State Hospital
- 2007–2008American Journal of Psychiatry / Assistant Translation Editor
Selected Publications
- Clinical outcomes and quality of life associated with treatment noncompliance in bipolar patients on polypharmacy CINP Thematic Meeting 2011,Salzburg Karamustafalioglu O, Toprak E, Goksan Yavuz B.
- Polypharmacy in bipolar patients:safety and efficacy CINP Thematic Meeting 2011 Salzburg Karamustafalıoğlu O,Toprak E.Göksan Yavuz B,Bakim B,Özçelik B,Cengiz Ceylan Y,Çelik S,Toprak E
- The effects of childhood traumatic experiences on sexual function in patients with panic disorder. Thinking Man Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences 2011 Bakım B,Karamustafalıoğlu O,Akpınar A,Tankaya O,Özçelik B,Cengiz Ceylan Y,Göksan Yavuz,Bozkurt S,Alpak G,Gönenli S.
- Anxiety disorder comorbidity and quality of life in patients with bipolar temperament disorder. Journal of Mood Disorders 2011 Toprak E, Yavuz B,
- Management of inadequate response and new treatment options in the treatment of major depressive disorder. Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulletin 2011 Karamustafalıoğlu O,Göksan Yavuz B.
- EEG abnormalities in a group of inpatients taking antipsychotics XXV11 CINP World Congress 2010,Kong Kong Karamustafalıoğlu O,Ozçelik B,Bozkurt S,Cengiz Y,Tankaya O,Göksan Yavuz B.
- EEG abnormalities in bipolar affective disorder. ECNS 2010 abstract booklet Istanbul Karamustafalıoğlu O,Bozkurt S,Yavuz B,Özçelik B,Cengiz Y,Bakim B.
- A tool that can predict suicide; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Thinking Man Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences 2010 Karamustafalıoğlu O,Özçelik B,Bakım B,Cengiz Ceylan Y,Göksan Yavuz B,Güven T,Gönenli S.
- Effects of add -on rtms on response and remission in moderate to severe depressive disorder ECNS 2010 abstract booklet Istanbul Karamustafalıoğlu O,Tankaya O,Çevik M,Özçelik M,Cengiz Ceylan Y,Bakim B,Yavuz B.
- Sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidity in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients. Şişli Eftal Hospital Medical Bulletin 2009 Karamustafalıoğlu O,Cengiz Ceylan Y,Bakım B,Gönenli S,Bozkurt S,Göksan B,Öğütcen Ö,Akpınar A
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