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## Meet the editors

Cicek Hocaoglu obtained her MD from the Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey. She received postgraduate training in psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. She is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Medical School, Rize, Turkey. She has many published national/international scientific articles,

book chapters, and congress papers to her credit. Her interests include consultation-liaison psychiatry, suicide, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and psychopharmacology.

Celestino Rodríguez is a Full Professor in the Department of Psychology and Dean at the Faculty of Teaching Training and Education (University of Oviedo) Spain. His main research areas include learning disabilities, ADHD, and SRL (Self-regulated learning. He is an author of more than 130 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, around 50 chapters, and collaboration in Education, Psychology, and Higher Education books

and handbooks. Celestino Rodríguez has made several contributions to national and international conferences (USA, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, Portugal, etc.). He has collaborated with researchers from different countries through different projects and research stays. He is also an Editor of different Journals and a member of the International Association of Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD).

Débora Areces is an Associated Professor in the Department of Psychology of the University of Oviedo, in the area of Education and Developmental Psychology. Her main research areas include Virtual Reality and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. More specifically, her research mainly focuses on the early assessment and intervention of ADHD and learning disabilities from an innovative perspective. She is the author of many

articles and parts of books published in both Spanish and English and she has made several contributions to national and international conferences, having taken part in the organizing committee in several of them. Moreover, she has participated in national and European projects related to Learning Disabilities, ADHD and Self-Regulated Learning.

Vladimir V. Kalinin was born in 1952 in a family of physicians in Orenburg (Russian Federation). He graduated from Moscow State Medical Stomatological University (M.D.) in 1976. In 1976-1977 he finished an internship in psychiatry. In 1978 he became a scientific researcher at the Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health and Social Development where he is still working as Head of the Department. The scope

of his scientific interests concerns a broad range of psychiatric problems. The topic of his Doctoral Thesis (1996) concerned anxiety disorders psychopathology and

therapy with emphasis on panic disorder. Prof. Kalinin has authored 230 publications, including research articles in professional journals (in Russian and English), three monographs in Russian, and four monographs in English. His biography is included in Marquis's "Who is Who in Medicine and Healthcare" (2006-2007); Who is Who in Science and Engineering 2008-2009"; "Who is Who in the World" (2010, 2011) and in Cambridge International Biographical Centre.

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Preface

Neuropsychiatric disorders are among the most common diseases that cause disability worldwide. The etiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of these diseases have been discussed in many studies. There are many psychological, genetic, and environmental risk factors for neuropsychiatric disorders. However, the etiology of neuropsychiatric disorders has not been fully explained yet. In other words, markers for the diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases are not yet available. Difficulties related to etiology and diagnostic evaluations also affect treatment approaches. Because the etiopathogenesis of the diseases is not known exactly, treatment approaches are

Today, psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches are at the forefront of treatment for neuropsychiatric diseases. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the

This book includes studies on the psychopathology of neuropsychiatric disorders and CBT. The first section includes two studies examining the role of personality traits in psychopathology. Chapter 1 examines personality traits in children of alcoholic parents. Chapter 2 investigates personality traits investigated as risk factors for the development of cognitive impairment and affective symptomatology in patients with

The second section includes two chapters presenting studies that examine the psychopathology of neuropsychiatric disorders. Chapter 3 examines the use of information and communications technology (ICT) for the individual education support system in neurodevelopmental disorders. Chapter 4 investigates the effects of pregnancy tryptophan fluctuation underlying the ontogenetic origin of neuropsychiatric

The third section includes one chapter that discusses CBT. Chapter 5 focuses on CBT approaches in the treatment of patients with panic disorder. There are many studies in the literature showing that CBT is 75%–90% effective in the treatment of panic disorder. In the evaluation interviews conducted one year after undergoing CBT, the majority of panic disorder patients maintained their well-being. This chapter explains the cognitive behavioral models and treatment process of panic

We would like to thank all the authors and publishers who contributed to the preparation of this study for their careful work and hope it will be a valuable resource for our

colleagues working in the field of mental health and neurology.

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