Best Bipolar Affective Disorder Doctors in Istanbul

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan founded NP Istanbul Brain Hospital and has over 41 years of experience in psychology and psychopharmacology.

• Specializes in stress-related disorders and psychopharmacology innovations
• Author of multiple books with over 1 million copies sold
• Published more than 150 research articles and 45 book chapters
• Recipient of prestigious awards including the World Peace Invitation Award

Dr. Melek Gozde Lus is a child psychiatrist at NP Istanbul Brain Hospital. She contributed to Turkey’s Autism Action Plan. She trained family physicians on early autism detection. Dr. Lus treats ADHD, autism, and dyslexia. She also manages anxiety and OCD in children and adolescents.

• Member of the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Holds international certification in schema therapy.
• Specially trained in CBT-based play therapy and filial therapy.
• Authored research on bipolar co-diagnosis in children with ADHD.

Associate professor in psychiatry with ongoing doctoral research on psychosis epidemiology at Maastricht University – balancing clinical practice and cutting-edge research.

• Specialized psychiatry training at Istanbul Medical Faculty
• Works at NPISTANBUL AMATEM department focusing on addiction
• Teaches mental health at Üsküdar University
• Published researcher bridging psychosis and clinical practice

Dr. Erdogan specializes in bipolar disorder treatment at NPISTANBUL Brain Hospital, with a strong background in child and adolescent psychiatry.

• Fluent in English and trained at Marmara University and University of Leicester
• Published articles in national and international refereed journals
• Expert in treating a wide range of psychiatric disorders
• Currently works as a child-adolescent psychiatry specialist

Uzm. Dr. Gunay Hajiyeva is a psychiatrist. She graduated from Azerbaijan Medical University in 2013. She completed her psychiatry residency at Cukurova University Balcali Hospital in 2021. She received training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), EMDR, and Dynamic Sexual Therapy.

Her clinical focus includes schizophrenia, mood disorders, trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, alcohol and substance use disorders, and sexual dysfunction. She speaks English, Russian, and German. She is active in academic and clinical research. She has presented at national and international congresses.

Dr. Emine Yagmur Zorbozan is a psychiatrist. She graduated from Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine. She completed psychiatry specialty training in 2019 at Istanbul Erenköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital. Her thesis was a controlled study on substance addiction. It compared frontal functions in synthetic cannabinoid and opioid use disorders.

Her practice includes Elazığ Mental Health Hospital (closed psychiatry, AMATEM). She also worked at Bursa City Hospital (outpatient, inpatient, high-security forensic psychiatry). She served as a trainer-of-trainers for Driver Behavior Improvement programs with the Ministry of Health.

Prof. Dr. Engin Emrem Beştepe is a psychiatrist. She graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital. She completed a family therapy fellowship at the University of Chicago Center for Family Health in 1999.

She worked at Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental and Nervous Diseases Training and Research Hospital from 1997 to 2013. She became an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in 2012. In 2013, she was appointed Education Officer at Erenköy Hospital. She headed the Women’s Ward from 2013 to 2026. In 2021, she was appointed Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at SBÜ.

Prof. Dr. Husnu Erkmen brings 43 years of psychiatric expertise, specializing in complex mood disorders like bipolar affective disorder.

• Active member of the American Psychiatric Association
• Published in international and national medical journals
• Graduated from Ankara University – one of Turkey's top medical schools
• Specializes in treatment-resistant cases and co-occurring conditions

Prof. Dr. Sermin Kesebir specializes in mood disorders with 24 years of experience, including bipolar affective disorder treatment at NP Istanbul Brain Hospital.

• Expert in psych neurophysiology and psychoanalytic therapies
• Published extensively in international and national journals
• Graduated from İzmir Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine

Specializes in child and adolescent psychiatry with a strong focus on mood disorders. Dr. Budagova trained at Marmara University – one of Turkey's leading medical schools.

• 12 years of residency in child and adolescent mental health
• Expertise in both dynamic psychiatry and evidence-based treatments
• Special interest in bipolar disorder among adolescents
• Member of Turkey's top psychiatric associations

Specialized in bipolar disorder at Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Disorders Hospital – one of Turkey's leading psychiatric centers.

• Over 25 years of experience in psychiatry
• Currently practices at Emsey Hospital with focus on mood disorders
• Trained at prestigious institutions including Dokuz Eylül University