Mehmet Hancıoğlu, MD

Mehmet Hancıoğlu, MD is a psychiatrist at Acibadem Kent Hospital (Izmir) in İzmir, where he practices within the Psychiatry & Psychology unit. He provides care for adults with mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, personality and addiction-related conditions, and his subspecialty area is listed as Smoke-Free Life, reflecting his work in smoking cessation. He has more than 49 years in medicine.

Dr. Hancıoğlu graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1977 and completed his specialty training at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Mental Health and Diseases in 1981. From 1981 to 1983 he worked at Girne Askeri Hospital. Between 1984 and 1986 he held an academic position at Dokuz Eylül Faculty of Medicine, and from 1986 to 2006 he worked as a specialist at İzmir Buca and Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital. In 2023 he joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services. He is a member of the İzmir Şizofreni Dayanışma Association and the Lityum Association.

Clinical focus

Dr. Hancıoğlu’s clinical work covers a broad range of psychiatric conditions. In the area of mood and anxiety disorders, he assesses and treats bipolar disorder, major depression and panic disorder. He also sees patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorders including dependent personality disorder, insomnia and hyperactivity. Treatment plans are discussed with each patient after a psychiatric assessment, and psychotherapy is among the approaches he offers.

A further part of his practice concerns addiction. This includes the assessment and treatment of substance dependence, addiction treatment more generally, and smoking cessation, which corresponds to his Smoke-Free Life subspecialty. The suitability of any treatment depends on the individual clinical picture, which is reviewed during consultation.

How Dr. Hancıoğlu works with international patients

Dr. Hancıoğlu consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports, including previous psychiatric evaluations, discharge summaries, laboratory results and any imaging reports, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and current symptoms, a review of previous treatments and existing reports, a clinical assessment and a discussion of the available options. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their situation with Dr. Hancıoğlu before or instead of traveling, subject to the nature of the clinical question.