Bipolar Affective Disorder Doctors Worldwide

Dr. Michael Krasnoshtein is a senior psychiatrist with over 27 years at Sourasky Medical Center. He leads the clinic's specialized Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS) Unit.

• Treats affective disorders like bipolar with dTMS – a non-invasive brain stimulation technique
• Holds dual senior roles at both Sourasky Medical Center and Maccabi Health Services
• Assists with teaching at Tel Aviv University's medical clinic
• Member of the Israel Psychiatric and Forensic Psychiatry Associations
• Also treats anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and stress-related conditions

Assistant Professor specializing in bipolar disorder with extensive training in neuroscience and psychotherapy techniques.

• Completed medical specialization at Hacettepe University, Department of Neuroscience
• Expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Training
• Works at NP Istanbul Brain Hospital
• Trained in Trauma and Family Therapy

Prof. Dr. Sinem Zeynep Metin specializes in Bipolar affective disorder with extensive experience at NPIstanbul Brain Hospital.

• Graduated from Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2006
• Completed specialty training at Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty
• Certified in Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies
• Works as a lecturer at Üsküdar University, Department of Psychology

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

Firdevs Seyfe Sen brings extensive training in psychotherapy and TMU to treat Bipolar affective disorder at NP Istanbul Brain Hospital.

• Psychodrama Therapist certified by Abdülkadir Özbek Psychodrama Institute
• Trained in EMDR Basic Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Pioneer in TMU treatment in Izmir province
• Special interests include Psychotic Disorders and Depression

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. Neşe Üstün is a psychiatry specialist at Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital, a role she has held since 2002. Earlier, she worked in clinical biochemistry at Istanbul University Çapa (1995–1996) and in neurology in 1996. She graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine. She later qualified as Chief Assistant after passing written and oral exams and submitting a publication portfolio.

She will continue her work at Bakırköy through 2025. She provides patient care, trains assistants, supervises theses, and conducts research. She has published in national and international journals and has presented many papers. She has taken part in patient follow-up and research at the Women’s Mental Health Unit and the Mood Disorders Center. She is trained in CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy, interpersonal therapy, and EMDR. She uses these therapies alongside medication when needed.

Dr. Cagdas Yokusoglu is a consultant psychiatrist with over 12 years of clinical experience. He specializes in adult psychiatry and evidence-based psychotherapy. He graduated from the English Medicine Program at Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University. He completed his psychiatry residency at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine.

He has worked in public and private settings. He now provides psychiatric assessment and psychotherapy in private practice. His care is individualized and evidence-based, covering a wide range of psychiatric disorders.

His advanced training includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Analysis, and psychopharmacology.

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.

Dr. Özge Yükselay is a psychiatrist. She earned her medical degree from Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine. She completed her residency at Erenköy Mental and Nervous Diseases Hospital. She has worked at Van Regional Training and Research Hospital, Erenköy Mental and Nervous Diseases Hospital, and Moodist Neuropsychiatry Hospital. She brings broad clinical experience.

She combines psychotherapy with medical treatment. She also uses somatic therapies such as TMS, ECT, tDCS, and neurofeedback. Her practice includes depression, OCD, anxiety disorders, addiction, psychotic disorders, and mood disorders. She is interested in group therapy and psychodrama. She has a special focus on individual and group therapy for eating disorders.

Dr. Merve Setenay Gürbüz is a Psychiatry Specialist at Private Moodist Hospital. She completed her psychiatry training at Erenköy Mental and Nervous Diseases Hospital in 2017. She then worked for about two years at GOP Taksim Training and Research Hospital. In 2019, she worked at NP Istanbul Brain Hospital. She also served as an Assistant Professor at Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine. In 2021, she became the Responsible Manager at Rubi Medical Center. From June 2021, she was an Assistant Professor at İstinye University GOP Medicalpark Hospital and at İstinye University Faculty of Medicine. In 2022, she was appointed Head of the Department of Mental Health and Diseases at İstinye University Faculty of Medicine.

She has written articles and book chapters in Turkey and abroad.

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

MedR. Dr. med. Jutta Leth is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine. She is a registered client-centred psychotherapist at JUVENIS Medical Center in Vienna. She has around 40 years of medical practice. In 2022 she received the Austrian honorary title Medizinalrat.

Doctorate, University of Vienna (1986). Psychotherapist training at ÖGWG (1991–1996). On the Austrian Psychotherapist Register since 1997. Specialist training at Otto Wagner Hospital (1996–2001). Board-certified since 2001. Diplomas: psychosocial, psychosomatic, and psychotherapeutic medicine (2002); geriatrics and palliative (2006); environmental medicine (2007). CME diploma since 2006. EMDR and Brainspotting (2013).

Cooperating physician at JUVENIS since 2012. Ward-leading senior physician at the Addiction Centre, Klinik Penzing (until 2025). Focus areas: anxiety; neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders; trauma sequelae; affective disorders; psychoses; obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD); personality development; sleep; addiction (alcohol and prescription drugs; no opioid substitution). Languages: German and English.

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.

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Solmaz is a board-certified psychiatrist. He earned his M.D. from Hacettepe University in 1989. He completed his psychiatry residency at Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital in 1996. He became an associate professor in 2014 and a professor in 2021.

From 2015 to 2020, he chaired the 4th Specialized Board of the Council of Forensic Medicine. He oversaw evaluations of criminal responsibility and legal competency.

He served on the psychiatry faculty at the Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences. He was an educational supervisor at the Psychiatry Clinic of Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital. He is currently the chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Beykent University Faculty of Medicine.

Dr. Merve Gümüşay is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. She completed medical school at the Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. She finished her psychiatry residency at the Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital. She provides evidence-based psychotherapy. Her clinical focus includes depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, addiction, and women’s mental health.

She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Supportive Psychotherapy, and Sex Therapy. Dr. Gümüşay is a member of the Turkish Psychiatric Association and the Turkish Medical Association. She contributes to research and publications. She also takes part in national congresses.