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Mehmet E. Dokucu MD, PhD
Current
Position
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University Roles
Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Consultant Attending, Siteman Cancer Center
Consultant Attending, Washington University Sleep Medicine Center
Education and Training
Medical Degree: University of Ege, Izmir, Turkey, 1988
Ph.D.: Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1998
Residency: Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2002
Major Awards
Eli Robins Award for Excellence in Clinical Psychiatry, Research and Teaching, 2002
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, 2002
Washington University Predoctoral Fellowship, 1992-1998
Areas of Clinical Interest
Bipolar Disorder, Somatization Disorder, Personality Disorders, ECT and rTMS
Areas of Research Interests
Functional Somatic Syndromes and Somatization Disorder
Sleep Disorders and their interrelationship with Psychiatric Disorders
Cancer Psychiatry
Key Publications
Dokucu, ME, Zipursky, SL, Cagan, RL. Atonal, Rough and the resolution of proneural clusters in the developing Drosophila retina. Development, 122: 4139-47. 1996
De Erausquin, GA, Kryzstof H, Dorsey DA, Mamah D, Dokucu, ME et al. Nuclear translocation of Nuclear Transcription Factor-KB by AMPA receptors leads to transcription of p53 and cell death in dopaminergic neurons. Molecular Pharmacology, 63: 784-790. 2003
North, CS, Downs, D, Clouse, RE, Alrakawi, A, Dokucu, ME, Cox, J, Spitznagel, EL, Alpers, DH. The presentation of irritable bowel syndrome in the context of somatization disorder. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2 (9) : 787-795. 2004
Sagduyu, K, Dokucu, ME, Eddy, BA, Craigen, G, Baldassano, CF, Yildiz, A. Omega-3 fatty acids decreased irritability of patients with bipolar disorder in an add-on, open label study. Nutrition Journal, 4 (1) : 6. 2005
Dokucu, ME, Yu, L, Taghert, PH. Lithium and valproate induced alterations in circadian locomotor behavior in Drosophila. Neuropsychopharmacology, 30(12):2216-24. 2005
North, CS, Kienstra, DM, Osborne, VA, Dokucu, ME, Vassilenko, M, Hong, B, Wetzel, RD, Spitznagel, EL. Interrater reliability and manualization of nonpsychotic formal thought disorder. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 103: 395-411.2006
Funded Research Projects
NIMH(Key Personnel):Neuromorphometry in Schizophrenia by Computer Algorithm