Transition clinic for neurodevelopmental disorders: preliminary findings from an interdisciplinary model for adolescence to adulthood
Hasan Ali Güler, Mesut Güngör, Fatih Mehmet Akif Özdemir, Mehmed Ediz Çelik, Ülkü Hüma Akbulut, Esra Nakipoğlu, Ali Kandeğer · 2026
Read Transition clinic for neurodevelopmental disorders: preliminary findings from an interdisciplinary model for adolescence to adulthood by Hasan Ali Güler, Mesut Güngör, Fatih Mehmet Akif Özdemir, Mehmed Ediz Çelik, Ülkü Hüma Akbulut, Esra Nakipoğlu, Ali Kandeğer (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13463183.txt.
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Hasan Ali Güler and colleagues describe, in a 2026 report, an interdisciplinary transition clinic for teenagers and young adults with neurodevelopmental disorders moving from child to adult mental health services. That handover is often fragmented, leaving diagnoses missed and needs unmet. The clinic joins child and adult psychiatrists, a neurologist, and gene testing when indicated. It works in three stages: referral and pre-assessment, combined diagnostic evaluation, and joined treatment.
Sixty-eight patients aged 15 to 21 took part, with a mean age near eighteen and over half male. The median count of diagnoses tripled after evaluation, rising from one to three per person. Attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder was most common. Four fifths of autism diagnoses were first made inside the clinic. Communication, social anxiety, personality, and body-focused repetitive behavior disorders were also newly found. The authors say joint clinics can catch what single-service handovers miss.
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| CREATOR | Hasan Ali Güler, Mesut Güngör, Fatih Mehmet Akif Özdemir, Mehmed Ediz Çelik, Ülkü Hüma Akbulut, Esra Nakipoğlu, Ali Kandeğer |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29278 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |