Vehbi Alp — Istanbul
- Specialisation: Psychiatrist
- 38 years of experience
- Speaks:English, Turkish
- Online consultations: available
- Workplace: Turkey, Istanbul, Moodist Psychiatry and Neurology Hospital
- Authored 126 international papers with over 5,000 citations as of 2014 and an h-index of 35; founded the Psychotic Disorders Research Program.
Prof. Dr. Vehbi Alp Üçok is a psychiatrist who focuses on schizophrenia and mood disorders. He graduated from the Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine in 1985. He started his psychiatry residency at the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1988. He became a specialist in 1993, an associate professor in 1995, and a professor in 2001.
He founded the Psychotic Disorders Research Program (PAP) at the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1996. After psychosocial skills training at UCLA and the Brentwood VA in 1998, he set up inpatient and outpatient group therapy for psychosis. He also provided individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
His research covers first-episode and later schizophrenia, people at risk for psychosis, treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and stigma. He helped start the WPA schizophrenia anti-stigma program in Türkiye in 1998 and has been the Turkey coordinator since 2001. He is a member of the WPA Schizophrenia and Stigma sections, the European Psychiatric Association Schizophrenia Section, TRRIP, STRATA, and EURONES. He has 126 international articles and more than 5,000 citations (as of 14.11.2014). His Web of Science h-index is 35.
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After graduating from Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine in 1985, he began his psychiatry residency at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1988. He received the title of specialist in psychiatry in 1993, associate professor in 1995, and professor of psychiatry in 2001.
In 1996, he established the Psychotic Disorders Research Program (PAP) within the Department of Psychiatry at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. After participating in Psychosocial Skills Training programs in Schizophrenia at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) and Brentwood VA Hospital in 1998, he initiated group therapy practices for psychosis patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings at the Psychiatry Clinic of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine.
His primary area of interest is schizophrenia and mood disorders. His main research and areas of interest include the first episode and subsequent episodes of schizophrenia, identification and treatment approaches for individuals at risk for psychosis, treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and stigma associated with schizophrenia. He has conducted individual and family counseling and group therapy sessions for the psychotherapy of psychotic disorders.
Starting in 1998, he worked to launch the WPA’s schizophrenia and anti-stigma and discrimination program in Türkiye, and from 2001 onwards, she served as the Turkey coordinator for this campaign. He is a member of the WPA Schizophrenia Section, the WPA Stigma and Mental Disorders Section, and the European Psychiatric Association Schizophrenia Section. He is also a member of various international research and collaboration groups such as TRRIP, STRATA, and EURONES. He has 126 articles published in international journals, which have received over 5000 citations (14.11.2014). His h-index (WOS) is 35.
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