Psychiatry · Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital, İstanbul Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş is a psychiatrist at Acıbadem Bakırköy Hospital and Acıbadem Atakent Hospital. She treats panic and anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and also provides psychological support for people with cancer. Her background includes training in interpersonal psychotherapy, complicated grief, and trauma studies.
Accepting international patientsAbout Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş is a psychiatrist at Acıbadem Bakırköy Hospital and Acıbadem Atakent Hospital. Her clinical interests include panic disorder, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and psychological support for people with cancer.
She graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2006 and completed her psychiatry training at Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital. Her additional training includes interpersonal psychotherapy at La Teppe Medical Center in France, complicated grief treatment at Columbia University, and trauma studies through Istanbul Bilgi University’s International Trauma Studies Program.
International patients can expect psychiatric care informed by her experience in mental health services and her professional memberships, including the International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy, the American Psychiatric Association, and the Turkish Psychiatric Association. She provides assessment and support according to each patient’s mental health needs.
What Dr. Ağırbaş treats and performs
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Conditions treated
- Panic disorder
- Anxiety disorders
- Bipolar disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Psychological support in cancer
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Trauma studies
Procedures performed
- Complicated grief treatment
- Obsessive compulsive disorder treatment
Education, career and memberships
Education & training
Education
- 2016Acıbadem University Atakent Hospital, Department of Psychiatry / Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- 2015–2016Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) La Teppe Medical Center France
- 2015Complicated Grief Treatment Center Columbia University USA
- 2012–2013İstanbul Bilgi University Travma Çalışmaları Sertifika Programı / Uluslararası Travma Çalışmaları Programı / 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
- 2006İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
- 1992–2000Saınt Benoıt
Career
Professional Experience
- 2016Acıbadem Healthcare Services
- 2015–2016Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Chief Assistant of Psychiatry
- 2013–2015Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Psychiatry Specialist
- 2012–2016Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Psychiatry Resident
- 2012–2013Kurtalan State Hospital Siirt / Psychiatry Specialist
Memberships
Professional Memberships
- International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Turkish Medical Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- Turkish Psychiatric Association
Selected publications
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.


