Paranoia Doctors Abroad — Page 3

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.

Professor Ahmet Levent Mete leads psychiatry at Medicalpoint International – he specialises in managing complex personality disorders and psychoses.

• Trained at Hacettepe University – one of Turkey's top medical schools
• Expert in treating medication-resistant personality and stress disorders
• Subspecialises in schizophrenia and dissociative disorders within psychiatry
• Experienced faculty member from Ege University Department of Psychiatry

Professor Haluk Aksu is a leading psychiatrist at Medicalpoint International, specialising in managing complex psychiatric cases like schizophrenia and paranoia.

• Trained at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine – one of the region's top medical schools
• Uses individual therapy to address personal triggers and social withdrawal symptoms
• Practised at Bakirkoy Hospital – one of Turkey's largest mental health research centres
• Uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help patients manage distorted thought patterns
• Specialises in psychopharmacology – finding the right medication balance for symptom control

Dr Suleyman Oflu is a specialist psychiatrist at Private Yüzyıl Hospital with extensive clinical background in managing complex personality disorders and psychosis.

• Specialises in treating paranoid symptoms associated with schizophrenia and delusional disorders
• Focuses on antisocial and narcissistic personality disorders involving persecutory ideation
• Trained at Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine
• Managed psychiatric care at major Turkish training and research hospitals
• Expertise includes pharmacological management of paranoia and underlying anxiety

Professor Nurper Erberk Ozen is a highly senior psychiatrist who formerly served as the Head of Psychiatry at Kırıkkale University School of Medicine.

• Specialises in managing complex schizophrenia and psychotic disorders involving paranoia
• Expertise includes mental health challenges during adolescence and old age
• Trained at the Hacettepe University Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry
• Focuses on pharmacological and therapeutic strategies for persistent panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders
• Consults at Medicana International Ankara – a JCI-accredited hospital in Turkey

Professor Karaca completed his specialist psychiatric training at Istanbul's Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Disorders Hospital – Turkey's largest and most prestigious centre for complex mental health cases.

• Specialises in managing psychosis and severe paranoid conditions
• Practises at Emsey Hospital, a major JCI-accredited facility
• Trained in clinical psychiatry at Dokuz Eylül University
• Focuses on pharmacological management and longitudinal patient care
• Experienced in crisis intervention for acute psychiatric needs