In this study, the relationship between social media use disorder and life satisfaction in adults was examined. 221 adult individuals participated in the study. Sociodemographic Information Form, Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS) and Satisfaction with Life Scale were applied to the participants. The survey responses of the participants were entered into SPSS 28.0 package software and statistical analyzes were conducted. Independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were applied for comparisons in terms of sociodemographic variables. Pearson correlation was applied to examine the relationship between social media use disorder and life satisfaction. Multiple regression analysis was applied to examine the prediction of life satisfaction by social media. use disorder to the findings of the study, male participants had higher social media use disorder scores than female participants. On the other hand, as the time spent on social media and the number of social media applications increased, social media use disorder scores increased. On the other hand, the social media use disorder scores of single participants and participants reporting low education level were found to be significantly higher. When the findings related to life satisfaction were analyzed, it was found that the life satisfaction scores of the participants who were married, had a higher income level and were employed were significantly higher. When the relationship between life satisfaction and social media use disorder scores was analyzed, it was found that there was a significant relationship between the increase in social media scores and the decrease in life satisfaction scores. In addition, it was found that the conflict sub-dimension of social media use disorder predicted life satisfaction negatively and significantly. The findings of the study are expected to contribute to future applications and researches in terms of understanding the factors related to social media use, which has become an indispensable part of daily life.

Objective: This study was designed to investigate the relationship between family involvement, stigmatization, perceived social support, and treatment motivation in drug addiction treatment.

Method: The participants of our study consisted of individuals receiving substance use disorder treatment at the NP Brain Hospital AMATEM service and the Green Crescent Counseling Center (YEDAM). The research included a total of 98 voluntary participants, including 88 males and 10 females, aged 18 and above, receiving substance use disorder treatment. Among the participants, 57 had family involvement in the treatment, while the remaining 41 did not have their families involved in the treatment process. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the YEDAM Substance Addiction Stigmatization Scale (YMBSÖ), the Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale (ÇBADÖ), and the Treatment Motivation Questionnaire (TMA).

Results: When the results were evaluated, a significant relationship was found between the family subscale of perceived social support and the treatment confidence subscale of the treatment motivation questionnaire. Among the subscales of the Treatment Motivation Questionnaire, the score for seeking interpersonal help was higher in patients whose families were involved in the treatment. When the stigma scores of participants living alone were compared with those living with their families, it was concluded that individuals living alone had higher stigma scores.

Conclusion: The findings from our study have shown that substance addiction negatively affects many essential aspects of patients' lives, such as their social relationships, family and environmental connections, as well as their work and academic lives. Substance addiction, which is becoming an increasingly significant societal issue, requires a multidisciplinary approach that involves not only medical treatment but also the involvement of families and society in order to regulate individuals' social lives, education and work lives, and family and environmental relationships.

Objective: Covid-19 outbreak, which was declared a pandemic on 11.03.2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), affected Turkey too and the first case in Turkey was detected on March 11, 2020. With mandatory restrictions, internet use has become increasingly inevitable in the Covid-19 pandemic. In this study, we aimed to investigate the change in the gaming behavior and smartphones usage in adult individuals during the Covid-19 Pandemic and the relationship between these behaviours and experiential avoidance.

Method: In this study, 269 paticipants between the ages of 18 and 65 who met the inclusion criteria were recruited between the dates 08.01.2022 and 28.03.2022. Participants were given 5 scales which were; Socio-demographic Data Form, Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Form (SAS-SF), Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS9–SF), Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Scale – 30 (MEAQ–30), and Acceptance and Action Form–2 (AAQ-2).

Results: 60.8% of the participants stated that the duration of smartphone usage increased and 71.5% stated that the gaming time did not change during the pandemic. It is shown that gaming behavior and smartphone usage is related with procrastination which is a subscale of MEAQ-30. Smartphone addiction is predicted by experiential avoidance, procrastination and using time and gaming disorder is predicted by gaming time.

Conclusion: In the current research, on smartphone addiction; it has been observed that it is related to experiential avoidance, especially procrastination sub-scale. Furthermore, the effect of time spent with a smartphone and sleeping with phone affect negatively in terms of smartphone addiction. It is shown that,  for gaming disorder, gaming time is the most predictive factor.

Objective: Comorbidity of substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders is common. However, data on the prevalence of substance use disorders in general psychiatric outpatient population is rather scarce.

Method: In order to investigate the prevalence of substance use disorders among the patients who admitted to the general psychiatric outpatient unit and followed with any psychiatric diagnosis, 734 consecutive adult patients were included in this study. Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test–AD was administered to these patients. Substance screening form and SCID-I dependence module were administered to 47 patients (6.4%) who had a MAST-AD score above 4. Later, SCID-II and the rest of SCID-I were administered to 33 patients (4.5%) who met any diagnostic criteria on this module.

Results: From these 734 patients, 33 (4.5%) had alcohol or substance use disorder: Five patients (0.7%) had alcohol dependence, 26 patients (3.5%) had alcohol abuse and 3 patients  (0.4%) had multiple substance dependence. There were 9 patients (1.2%) with cannabis abuse, 4 patients (0.5%) with ecstasy abuse, 1 patient (0.1%) with heroin abuse, 1 patient with (0.1%) biperiden abuse and 9 patients (1.2%) with benzodiazepin abuse. From this 33 patients, 7 (1.0%) patients were diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, 2 (0.3%) with antisocial personality disorder, 1 patient (0.1%) with paranoid personality disorder, 1 patient (0.1%) with narcissistic personality disorder, 2 patients (0.3%) with avoidant personality disorder, 1 patient (0.1%) with schizoid personality disorder and 1 patient (0.1%) with dependent personality disorder. With SCID-I, we found 5 (0.7%) major depressive disorder, 3 (0.4%) bipolar I, 1  (0.1%) distimic disorder, 2 (0.3%) paranoid schizophrenia, 1 (0.1%) delusional disorder, 3 (0.4%) generalized anxiety disorder, 3 (0.4%) panic disorder, 1 (0.1%) panic disorder with agoraphobia, 1 (0.1%) anxiety disorder not otherwise specified, 1 (0.1%) social phobia and 1  (0.1%) post-traumatic stress disorder.

Conclusion: These results suggest that substance use disorders are not prevalent among general psychiatric outpatients. Substance use disorders should be carefully assessed in patients with diagnoses of mood disorders, anxiety disorders or personality disorders.

problem in terms of mental health of the individuals and society. Substance use disorder has been evaluted as a disease by the World Health Organization (DSÖ) from 1951. In terms of alcohol consumption Turkey 4.7% of all deaths in men with prevention of alcohol consumption is predicted of 3.1% of all deaths in women could be prevented. When we analyzed the alcohol consumption in Turkey it’s thought that 4.7% of male deaths, and 3.1% of female deaths could be prevented through prevention of alcohol consumption. Risky alcohol use can be defined as the consumption of alcohol at the risk of harm in physical, mental or social areas. Participants of this study are the students at Üsküdar University in the 2018-2019 academic year. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test was used to determine the alcohol use levels of the participants and to determine the risky alcohol use. According to the results of this study, the rate of individuals who have risky alcohol use is 6.3%. Risky alcohol use has become an important public health problem in terms of mental health of individuals and society.