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Short Communication
Online Published: 19 Mar 2014
 


The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example

Osman Özdemir, Pınar Güzel Özdemir, Ekrem Yılmaz.


Abstract
The butterfly effect is that a small change at one place in a complex dynamic system can lead to large and unexpected consequences. In modern science, the theory can have applications in physics, mathematics, engineering, as well as biology, psychology, and cognitive science. The dynamic approach to cognition emphasizes the complex process of human development including mental, behavioral, neural and social systems interacting with each other over the life course. Emotion-related experiences as the result of interaction between person and his environment have been useful for explaining the butterfly effect in psychiatry practice. Here, we report a patient with depressive episode that has developed after psychosocial stress and has been treated with electroconvulsive therapy.

Key words: butterfly effect, complex dynamic system, human behavior, mental disorders, chaos theory


 
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Ozdemir O, Ozdemir PG, Yılmaz E. The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example. PBS. 2014; 4(1): 34-7. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836

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Ozdemir O, Ozdemir PG, Yılmaz E. The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example. https://www.pbsciences.org/?mno=43010 [Access: April 04, 2025]. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836

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Ozdemir O, Ozdemir PG, Yılmaz E. The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example. PBS. 2014; 4(1): 34-7. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836


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Ozdemir O, Ozdemir PG, Yılmaz E. The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example. PBS. (2014), [cited April 04, 2025]; 4(1): 34-7. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836


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Ozdemir, O., Ozdemir, . P. G. & Yılmaz, . E. (2014) The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example. PBS, 4 (1), 34-7. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836


Turabian Style

Ozdemir, Osman, Pınar Guzel Ozdemir, and Ekrem Yılmaz. 2014. The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 4 (1), 34-7. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836


Chicago Style

Ozdemir, Osman, Pınar Guzel Ozdemir, and Ekrem Yılmaz. "The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example." Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 4 (2014), 34-7. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836


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Ozdemir, Osman, Pınar Guzel Ozdemir, and Ekrem Yılmaz. "The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example." Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 4.1 (2014), 34-7. Print. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836


APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Ozdemir, O., Ozdemir, . P. G. & Yılmaz, . E. (2014) The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 4 (1), 34-7. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836


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