Psychiatric science tries to detect and treat deviations from normal reactions in people's emotions, thoughts and behaviors. Factors such as genetic factors, negative and traumatic experiences in childhood and adolescence, social environment, personality traits, and social problems play an important role in determining people's reactions to the events they experience. While the same situation may cause emotions such as happiness, joy and excitement in one person, it may cause sadness, malaise and reluctance in another person.
Some centers in the brain have an important place in the formation of our emotions, thoughts and behaviors. There are some molecules such as serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline that provide transmission between these centers. The social problems we experience may disrupt the functions of these and similar molecules. This situation may cause us to react to events that disturb us and our environment in the areas of emotion, thought and behavior. When a person touches a doorknob with his hand, the thought of "my hands are dirty" may cause a feeling of "distress" in the person and cause the behavior of "washing hands". This is a normal reaction most of the time. However, if the person does this too often and for too long, in a way that disrupts his/her daily work, and concentrates all his/her attention only on this situation, there is a reaction that deviates from normal. Psychiatric diagnoses are made by taking into account the frequency and severity of these reactions, which are different and disturb the person and/or his/her environment. The most common psychiatric disorders are Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Personality Disorder, Sleep Disorder, Alcohol-Substance Addiction. Nowadays, drug therapy is important in the treatment of these disorders. It has its place. Drugs can normalize deviations from normal in a person's emotions, thoughts and behavior, especially through their effects on molecules such as serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline. Today, with the unconscious use of these drugs, a prejudice has emerged against these drugs. If these drugs are used in the appropriate diagnosis, as recommended, and follow-up is done regularly, they will cause discomfort without any significant side effects. There is successive improvement. In addition, these medications can be discontinued at the appropriate time and with appropriate methods.
With the use of medication, many disturbing physical and mental complaints can be improved. However, people's past negative experiences, traumas, and current family, professional and social problems may continue to disturb the person. The person feels stronger in the fight against these problems with the improvement provided by the medications. However, from time to time, when problems intensify, feelings such as helplessness and not knowing what to do are felt. In such cases, appropriate therapy methods must be applied. Therapies create a change in people's perspective on events, allowing the person to react more constructively to events. In addition, by addressing past negative experiences and traumas with appropriate therapy methods, the impact of these negative experiences that still have an impact on the person is tried to be alleviated. Thus, the person becomes aware of the current effects of his past experiences. In general, after taking the person's detailed life history, it is decided which therapy method will be more beneficial for the person. The therapy method is explained to the person and the goals to be achieved are determined. Thus, a therapy process begins. Individual therapies are provided in areas such as Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder), Depressive Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Smoking-Alcohol Use, Sexual Problems, Marital Problems. Session frequency and duration may vary depending on the patient's condition.
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