First findings from the transition clinic, in Frontiers in Psychiatry

A paper on the structure and first findings of the neurodevelopmental disorders transition clinic at Selçuk University, run for about two years by child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, neurology and genetics, was published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.

In 68 young people aged 15–21 assessed in a council format, the median number of diagnoses rose from 1 to 3, and 80% of autism diagnoses were made during the transition clinic process. The clinic is co-led by Assoc. Prof. Hasan Ali Güler and Assoc. Prof. Ali Kandeğer.

“Our thanks to Assoc. Prof. Hasan Ali Güler, who co-leads the clinic, to our colleagues in neurology and genetics, to the residents and psychologists who contributed, and to our patients and their families.”

Assoc. Prof. Ali Kandeğer