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


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Osman Ozdemir, Pınar Guzel Ozdemir, Ekrem Yılmaz. The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example. https://www.pbsciences.org/?mno=43010 [Access: December 04, 2023]. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836


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



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Osman Ozdemir, Pınar Guzel Ozdemir, Ekrem Yılmaz. The butterfly effect in psychiatry: a case example. PBS. (2014), [cited December 04, 2023]; 4(1): 34-7. doi:10.5455/jmood.20131205063836



Harvard Style

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



Turabian Style

Osman Ozdemir, Pınar Guzel Ozdemir, 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

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



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Osman Ozdemir, Pınar Guzel Ozdemir, 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

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