
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by severe emotional dysregulation, identity disturbances, impulsive behaviors, and extreme relationship dynamics. BPD typically emerges during adolescence or early adulthood and can significantly affect individuals’ daily and professional lives, social relationships, and psychological well-being important. As one of the most complex and challenging to treat among personality disorders, BPD often manifests with profoun
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BaBakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital Museum is located within the campus of Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Hospital for Mental Health and Neurological Diseases in the Bakırköy district of Istanbul. Established as the largest mental and neurological diseases hospital of the Republican era, the institution has served Türkiye in the fields of psychiatry, neurology and neurosurgery since 1924. The museum was opened on 26 June 2008 to document the hospital’s historical development and its pione
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Depersonization is a dissociative disorder characterized by the individual’s perception of themselves and their surroundings as unreal. This experience is often associated with intense stress, anxiety, or trauma disorders and leads to a sense of detachment from one’s self. In some cases, this feeling emerges suddenly, while in others it may become a persistent state. Individuals experiencing depersonalization frequently report feeling alienated from their own bodies and thoughts, as if they are
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The Secret Diary of a Psychiatrist is a book written by psychiatrist Dr. Gary Small. Published in Türkiye on 24 January 2018 by Doğan Kitap, it is a 336-page work in the diary/memoir genre. It is not a novel; rather, it is based on real-life experiences, recounting unusual cases Dr. Small encountered throughout his career. Subject The book encompasses various cases from Dr. Gary Small’s career, spanning from emergency rooms in Boston to elite circles in Los Angeles. Approximately fifteen case st
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Kemal Sayar is an academician, psychiatrist and thinker who has made significant contributions to psychiatry and literature in Türkiye. He is known for his research that integrates psychiatric science with literary and philosophical thought to examine the individual’s spirit world and social dynamics. In this context, Sayar has conducted comprehensive studies on psychological well-being fabric, the impact of modern life on mental health and the psychological significance of traditional values on
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Definition and Objective The Rosenhan Experiment was a significant psychological study conducted between 1969 and 1972 by psychologist David Rosenhan from Stanford University, aiming to question the reliability of psychiatric diagnoses. The findings of the study were published on 19 January 1973 in Science, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, in an article titled On Being Sane In Insane Places. The experiment sought to test whether healthy individuals could be identified as
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The Battersea Poltergeist Case, refers to a series of poltergeist phenomena reportedly occurring between 1956 and 1968 at 63 Wycliffe Road in the Battersea district of London, England, in the home of the Hitchings family. The case became one of the most debated poltergeist incidents in the United Kingdom due to the mysterious appearance of Shirley Hitchings, numerous eyewitness accounts, extensive media coverage, and decades-long documentation by paranormal researcher Harold Chibbett. Records of
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Harry Stack Sullivan was born on February 21, 1892, in the town of Norwich, New York, as the only child of a Catholic family. He experienced a lonely childhood; due to his mother's psychological problems and pressure from the Protestant majority around him, he faced social isolation. This isolation shaped his sensitivity to how an individual's identity forms within a social context. In 1910, he briefly attended Cornell University but left before completing his studies there. He completed his med
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