Acibadem Specialist
Prof. Dr. Çağatay Karşıdağ
Psychiatry
26+ years experienceLanguages: Turkish, EnglishOnline consultation
Profile
About Çağatay Karşıdağ
Prof. Çağatay Karşıdağ is a psychiatrist with a strong clinical and academic background in mental health. He completed advanced training at the Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital in 1999. Since 2020 he has been affiliated with Acıbadem Health Group, contributing clinical expertise and patient care. He is an active member of professional organizations, including the Turkish Medical Association, where he served on the Tissue and Organ Transplantation Commission (from 2012), and the Psychiatry Association of Turkey, participating in the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Study Unit (from 2007). His work bridges clinical psychiatry and collaborative care, with a focus on integrating psychiatric services within broader medical settings.
Subspecialties
- Perinatal mental disorders
- Pregnancy-related mental disorders
- Postpartum mental disorders
- Maternal major depressive disorder
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Panic disorder
- Nicotine dependence
- Synthetic cannabinoid intoxication
- Depression in type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Anxiety and depression in hemodialysis patients
- Consultation-liaison psychiatric evaluation
- Smoking cessation treatment
Education
- 1999 Ord. Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital Mental Health and Diseases
- 1994 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
- 1988 Pertevniyal High School
Experience
- 2020 Acibadem Health Group
- 2009 – 2017 Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases EA Hospital / Perinatal Psychiatry (PP) (Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental Disorders)
- 2009 – 2017 Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases EA Hospital Consultation Liaison Psychiatry (CLP) Study Unit Founder and CLP Polyclinic Supervisor
- 2002 – 2017 Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital Mental Health and Diseases Hospital
- 2011 – 2013 Psychiatry Association of Turkey Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Study Unit Coordinator
- 2003 – 2013 Founding Member and Scientific Secretary of BARILEM (Bakırköy Research and Advanced Education Center)
- 2005 – 2011 Thinking Man Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences / Deputy Editor
- 2002 – 2003 Yedikule Chest Diseases Training and Research Hospital Smoking Cessation Polyclinic
- 2000 – 2002 General Directorate of Security Istanbul Bağlarbaşı Police Hospital
- 2000 Aksaray State Hospital
- 2000 New York North Shore LIJ Medical Center KLP Unit, USA
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Medical Association Tissue and Organ Transplantation Commission Member (2012)
- Psychiatry Association of Turkey Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Study Unit Member (2007)
Selected Publications
- New synthetic cannabinoid intoxications in emergency department. Mert Aksoy / Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry 2016; 17:18-25 Halil Doğan, Doğaç Niyazi Özüçelik, Kurtuluş Açıksarı, Akkan Avcı, Mustafa Yazıcıoğlu, Mustafa Ferudun Çelikmen, Çağatay Karşıdağ, Murat Erkıran, Umut
- Comorbidities in inpatient psychiatric clinics. Clinical Psychiatry 2013; 16: 47-52 Ç Karşıdağ, UM Aksoy, G Yüksel, N. Alpay, MA Uysal
- The effects of maternal major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder on birth weight and gestational age: A comparative study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 87-89, July 2013. Uguz F, Sahingoz M, EO Sonmez, Ç Karşıdağ, G Yuksel, BB Annagur, A Annagur
- Validation of turkish version of the centre for epidemiologic studies depression scale (CES-D) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:109 1-7pp. V Lehmann, C Makine, Ç Karşıdağ, P Kadıoğlu, K Karşıdağ, F Pouwer
- Evaluation of disability, anxiety and depression in hemodialysis patients Nobel Medicus 2010; 6 (1): 39-44 F Erdener, Ş Çürük, Ç Karşıdağ, C Müderrisoğlu, M Besler, S Trabulus, E Altunoğlu
- aloxifene: is it really effective on mood changes in postmenopausal osteopenic women? JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2010 273-278 pp, A. Y. K. Karsidag, C Karsidag, E. E. Buyukbayrak, B. Kars, M. Pirimoglu, O. Unal, M. C. Turan
- Symptoms of depression and diabetes-specific emotional distress are associated with a negative appraisal of insulin therapy in insulin-naïve patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. A study from the European Depression in Diabetes [EDID] Research Consortium, DIABETIC Medicine (ISI), 2009, 26: 28-33 pp, C. Makine, Ç. Karşıdağ, P. Kadıoğlu, H. Ilkova, K. Karşıdağ, S. E. Skovlund, F. J. Snoek, F. Pouwer
- Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence: reliability in a turkish sample and factor analysis, Tuberculosis and Thorax , 115-121 pp., 2004 M. A. Uysal, F. Kadakal, Ç. Karşıdağ, N. G. Bayram, Ö. Uysal, V. Yılmaz
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