Prof. Dr. Sermin Kesebir graduated from Dokuz Eylül Faculty of Medicine in 1995. She completed her psychiatry specialty training at Ege University Department of Psychiatry. After completing her compulsory service at Kırıkkale High Specialization Hospital, she received her associate professor title at Adnan Menderes University in 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, he worked as an educational assistant at Erenköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital, managing the acute psychosis service. Since 2014, he has been working as a professor at Üsküdar University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and as a consultant physician in the outpatient unit at NPISTANBUL Hospital.
She is a member of Turkish Psychiatric Association-Mood Disorders Scientific Study Unit, Abdülkadir Özbek Psychodrama Institute, Halime Odağ Foundation-Psychoanalytically Oriented Psychotherapies, Bipolar Life Association, American Psychiatric Association (APA), International Society of Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) and International Society of Mood Disorders (ISAD). Dr. Sermin Kesebir's main areas of interest and work are mood disorders (depressive disorders and bipolar disorders -manic depressive illness), consultation liaison psychiatry and psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapies.
Psychiatric Association of Turkey, Mood Disorders Scientific Study Unit, Depression Treatment Guideline, ''Treatment of depression accompanied by somatic symptoms'' and ''Treatment of depression with comorbid eating disorders'', Bipolar Disorder type II: Diagnosis and treatment; Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies Scientific Study Unit, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies book, ''Heinz Kohut (1913-1981) and Psychology of the Self''; Women's Mental Health Scientific Study Unit, Women's life and Women's Mental Health book, ''Women and Mood Disorders''. ''Affectedness of the 20th Chromosome in Bipolar Disorder'', ''The Effect of Positive Family History on Affective Temperament in Bipolar Patients and First Degree Relatives'', ''Chromosomal Localization in Bipolar Disorder: D2024B1'', ''Before and after addition of lamotrigine in long-term maintenance: The effect of blood level", "Does the age of menarche affect the course of bipolar disorder?" are his award-winning studies and he has more than a hundred publications in national and international scientific journals and more than a hundred papers presented in national and international scientific meetings. The most important of these studies are as follows:
QEEG in affective Disorder: about to be a biomarker, endophenothype, and a predictor of treatment response. Heliyon 2018. 22; 4(8): e00741.
Epigenetics of Metabolic Syndrome as a Mood Disorder. J Clin Med Res 2018,10: 453-460.
Metabolic syndrome and childhood trauma: Also comorbidity and complication in mood disorder. World J Clin Cases. 2014; 16; 2(8): 332-7.
Uric acid levels may be a biological marker for the differentiation of unipolar and bipolar disorder: The role of affective temperament. J Affect Disord. 2014; 165: 131-4.
Are EEG spectral power density of BD I and II different? 16th Annual Conference of the ISBD, Bipolar Disorders, supplement no:1, Vol. 16, 113, Seoul, 2014.
Are ICAM, VCAM and E-selectin levels different in first manic episode and subsequent remission? J Affect Disord. 2014;163(2):76-80.
The relationship between impulsivity and lipid levels in bipolar patients: does temperament explain it? Compr Psychiatry. 2014;55(4):883-6.
Is the relationship between affective temperament and resilience different in depression cases with and without childhood trauma? Compr Psychiatry. 2014;55(4):870-5.
EEG Abnormality in First Attack Mania: Trace of Childhood Trauma. JMOOD 2013;3(3): 100-6.
EEG Abnormality in first episode mania: is it trait or state? Psychol Res. 2013; 3(10): 563-70.
Is there a relationship between age at menarche and clinical and temperamental characteristics in bipolar disorder? Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2013;25(2):121-4.
The relation between affective temperament and resilience in depression: a controlled study. J Affect Disord. 2013;148(2-3):352-6.
Comorbid impulse control disorder in bipolar disorder: the role of antidepressants. Turk Psikiyatri Derg. 2012;23(1):71.
Compulsive buying in bipolar disorder: is it a comorbidity or a complication? J Affect Disord. 2012;136(3):797-802.
Psychopathology in forced displacement: a comparison between three generations. Anadolu Psikiyatri Derg 2011;12(1):1-6.
Temperament in suicide attempt: a mediator role of cortisol. Anatolian Psychiatry Journal 2010;11(4):293-8.
Anticipation in bipolar disorder: A comparison between two generations. Turkish Psychiatry Journal 2008; 19(4):349-357.
Affective Temperaments in clinically-well subjects in Turkey: initial psychometric data on the TEMPS-A. J Affect Disord 2005; 85(1-2), 113-125.
Affective Temperaments as measured by TEMPS-A in patients with Bipolar I disorder and their First Degree Relatives. J Affect Disord, 2005; 85(1-2), 127-133.
