Sengun, Seda
Job TitlePostgraduate Research Student
DepartmentHerbarium, Library, Art and Archives
SectionRegional Teams
Science Teams:
Joined Kew: 2009
Foreign Language(s): Turkish
Qualifications & Appointments
Group Analyst (Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist), London, UK
Medical Doctor, Istanbul, Turkey
Role
Taxonomy and medicinal properties of Vitex trifolia L. complex
The medicinal properties of Vitex trifolia L. species complex have been utilised since the Middle Ages. In many European, Asiatic and Pacific countries different species are used in order to regulate hormonal balance in women, to suppress pain and fever and to treat coughs, infections and even cancer. It is also used as an insecticide or parasiticide. This research aims to clarify the species boundaries within the Vitex trifolia complex and to investigate some of its medicinal uses.
Selected Recent Publications
- Sengun, S. (2003) Discussion on ‘The culture of the group and groups from different cultures’ by Haim Weinberg. Group Analysis; 36(2):268-73.
- Sengun, S. (2001) Migration as a transitional space and group analysis. Group Analysis; 34(1):65-78.
- Sengun, S. (1997) What is therapeutic and what is cultural? Commentary on paper by Friedhelm Roder. Group Analysis; 30(2):241-43.
Selected Earlier Publications
Marks, I.M., Swinson, R.W., Basoglu, M., Noshirvani, H., O’Sullivan, G., Kuch, K., Lelliot, P.T., Sengun, S., McNamee, G., Wickwire, K. (1993) Alprazolam and exposure alone and combined in panic disorder with agoraphobia: A controlled study in London and Toronto. British Journal of Psychiatry; 162:776-787.
Basoglu, M., Marks, I.M., Sengun, S. (1992) A prospective study of panic and anxiety in agoraphobia with panic disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry;160:57-64.
- Basoglu, M., Marks, I.M., Sengun, S. (1992) Amitriptyline in the treatment of post-torture psychological problems: a case study. Journal of Traumatic Stress;1.
- Marks, M.P., Basoglu, M., Alkubaisy, T., Sengun, S., Marks, I.M. (1991) Are anxiety symptoms and catastrophic cognitions directly related? Journal of Anxiety Disorders; 5:247-254.
