Psychiatry Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş is a Psychiatry specialist at Acibadem Atakent Hospital in İstanbul with 14+ years of experience.
She treats major depressive disorder, suicidal ideation and behavior, acute and transient psychotic disorder, complicated grief, perinatal complicated grief after intrauterine loss, trauma-related mental health problems, migration-related child and adolescent psychiatric disorders, and burnout, and provides interpersonal psychotherapy and complicated grief treatment. She consults in Turkish and English and offers online…
About Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş is a Psychiatry specialist with 14 years of experience. Her listed areas of expertise include burnout, major depressive disorder, trauma-related mental health problems, suicidal ideation and behavior, acute and transient psychotic disorder, interpersonal psychotherapy, and complicated grief treatment.
Dr. Ağırbaş graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine in 2006. She was Psychiatry Assistant at Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital from 2016 to 2012, Psychiatry Specialist there from 2013 to 2015, and Chief Psychiatry Assistant there from 2015 to 2016. She joined Acibadem Health Group in 2016. She practises at Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye.
In 2016, Dr. Ağırbaş was Psychiatry Assist. Assoc. Prof. Dr. at Acıbadem University Atakent Hospital, Department of Psychiatry. She was at Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) La Teppe Medical Center, France, from 2015 to 2016, and was at Complicated Grief Treatment Center Columbia University, USA, in 2015.
The profile lists 4 professional bodies, among them the International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy, the American Psychiatric Association, and the Psychiatry Association of Turkey. The profile lists 10 publications dated between 2015 and 2017. Their subjects include migration-related mental health problems in children and adolescents, burnout, acute and transient psychotic disorder, and perinatal complicated grief after intrauterine loss.
Dr. Ağırbaş speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with her before travelling.
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Education
- 2016Acıbadem University Atakent Hospital, Department of Psychiatry / Psychiatry Assist. Assoc. Prof. Dr.
- 2015–2016Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) La Teppe Medical Center France
- 2015Complicated Grief Treatment Center Columbia University USA
- 2012–2013Istanbul Bilgi University Trauma Studies Certificate Program / International Trauma Studies Program / New York
- 2012Ord. Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital Mental Health and Diseases
- 2009McGill University Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry Canada
- 2006Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine
- 1992–2000Saınt Benoit
Professional Experience
- 2016Acibadem Health Group
- 20162012 Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Psychiatry Assistant
- 2015–2016Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Chief Psychiatry Assistant
- 2013–2015Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Psychiatry Specialist
- 2012–2013Kurtalan State Hospital Siirt / Psychiatry Specialist
Professional Memberships
- International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Turkish Medical Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- Psychiatry Association of Turkey
Selected Publications
- Mental health problems of second generation children and adolescents with migration background. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 2017; 1-6 DOI 10.1080/13651501.2017.1291820 Ceri V, Özlü-Erkilic Z, Özer Ü, Kadak T, Winkler D, Dogangün B, Akkaya-Kalayci T
- Variables affecting burnout level in surgical and internal branch physicians and the relationship between burnout and work engagement and organizational commitment. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2016; 19:176-184 Algül R, Yılmaz D, Özer Ü, Kaya B
- Diagnostic stability in acute and transient psychotic disorder follow-up: a preliminary study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2016;19:73-77 Öztürk N, Özer Ü, Uzun U, Özen Ş.
- The preferred clothing style of psychiatric physicians and its effect on patient-physician relationship Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry 2016; 17:51-55. 30 Özer Ü, Çeri V, Özgen G, Turan B.
- Interpersonal psychotherapy in the treatment of perinatal complicated grief: a case who experienced intrauterine loss of twins. Journal of Mood Disorders 2016; 6:20-24. Özer Ü, Yüksel G.
- Diagnostic stability in acute and transient psychotic disorder follow-up: a preliminary study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2016;19:73-77 Öztürk N, Özer Ü, Uzun U, Özen Ş.
- Factors affecting the choice of psychiatry as a specialty and satisfaction among Turkish psychiatry residents. Acad Psychiatry 2016; 40:299-303. Ozer U, Ceri V, Carpar E, Sancak B, Yildirim F.
- Psychiatric symptoms and disorders among Yazidi children and adolescents immediately after forced migration following ISIS attacks Neuropsychiatr 2016; 145-150 DOI 10.1007/s40211-016-0195-9 Ceri V, Özlü-Erkilic Z, Özer Ü, Akkaya-Kalayci T.
- Factors affecting the choice of psychiatry as a specialty and satisfaction among Turkish psychiatry residents. Acad Psychiatry 2016; 40:299-303. Ozer U, Ceri V, Carpar E, Sancak B, Yildirim F
- Relationship of suicidal ideation and behavior with attachment style in patients with major depression Arch Neuropsychiatr 2015; 52: 283-288. Özer Ü, Yıldırım EA, Erkoç ŞN.
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