Treatment of schizophrenia in adults Doctors in Istanbul, Turkey — Page 2

Specializes in schizophrenia research with a neuroscience PhD and multiple TUBITAK-funded projects at NP Istanbul Brain Hospital.

• 14+ years of psychiatry experience
• PhD focused on schizophrenia-like models in rodents
• Published multiple papers and book chapters on psychotic disorders
• Member of Turkey Psychiatry Association's Neuroscience Research Committee
• Board member at Neuropsychopharmacology Research Center

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 a focus on psychosis – Dr. Arslan researches schizophrenia epidemiology at Maastricht University.

• Specializes in addiction and psychosis treatment
• Completed psychiatry training at Istanbul Medical Faculty
• Currently works at NPISTANBUL AMATEM department
• Active researcher in mental health fields

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.

Dr. Karaca specializes in schizophrenia treatment at Emsey Hospital, with over a decade of focused experience in adult psychiatry.

• Trained at Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Disorders Hospital
• Specializes exclusively in psychiatry since 2010
• Currently practices at Emsey Hospital