Articles

Assessment and management of the risk for violence. An overview of the literature

ISSUE 2009/3

A.J. Tholen

summary
background In general psychiatry the risk of violence has to be assessed regularly, for instance in cases where civil commitment is under consideration.
aim This article gives an overview of the actuarial instruments for risk assessment, d...

Short report

Are patients in randomised controlled trials of psychotherapy representative for clinical practice?

ISSUE 2009/3

E. De Baerdemaeker, F. Bouckaert, H. D'haenen †

K. Vanwezer, G. Pieters

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background In the debate about evidence-based psychotherapy it is often assumed that randomised controlled trials (rct's) have a limited generalisability. Among the reasons for this assumption are the strict exclusion criteria which rule o...

Case report

The Charles Bonnet syndrome and dementia

ISSUE 2009/3

19 maart 2009

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An 83-year-old visually impaired woman was admitted to the hospital because of complex visual hallucinations. Her symptoms were indicative of the Charles Bonnet syndrome (cbs). On the basis of this case we explore the relationship between ...

Abstract

Het placebo-effect: nep of echt?

Basale cortisolwaarden bij patiënten met posttraumatische stressstoornis

ISSUE samenvattingen 37ste voorjaarscongres 2009/suppl.1

2 maart 2009

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Editorial

De magie van het Voorjaarscongres

R.A. Schoevers

Editorial

Roadworkers

A randomised clinical trial on the effectiveness of a re-integration training after short-term inpatient psychotherapy

M.M. Thunnissen, H.J. Duivenvoorden, J. van Busschbach, L. Hakkaart-Van Roijen, W. van Tilburg, R. Verheul, W. Trijsburg †

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background Standardised evaluation studies performed in the Netherlands in a large number of inpatient and day-treatment hospitals providing psychotherapy have shown significant symptomatic improvements in patients between the date of entry...

New research

Girls detained under civil and criminal law in juvenile detention centres; psychiatric disorders, trauma and psychosocial problems

S.M.J.J. Hamerlynck, L.M.C. Jansen, Th.A.H. Doreleijers, R.R.J.M. Vermeiren, P.T. Cohen-Kettenis

8 oktober 2009

background As from 2008, juveniles sentenced under civil law and juveniles sentenced under criminal law can no longer be assigned to the same juvenile detention centres. The reasoning runs as follows: the centres are unlikely to provide adequate t...

Essay

Transcranial magnetic stimulation and cerebral physiology in psychiatric disorders

D.J.L.G. Schutter

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background Transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms) is a technique that is being used increasingly to investigate the biological precursors of psychiatric disorders.
aim To survey the current knowledge about deficits in local cerebral physi...

The post-concussion syndrome: understanding and treating a disease process

S.Z. Stapert

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background The consequences of mild traumatic brain injury have been well described and are considered to be benign symptoms. So far, little is known about the chronicity of the symptoms (post-concussion syndrome) and about the treatment o...

Short report

The quality of online suicide prevention in the Netherlands and Flanders in 2007

W. van Ballegooijen, B.A.J. van Spijker, A.J.F.M. Kerkhof

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The internet can provide valuable support for persons with suicidal tendencies. By means of the Google search engine we found and categorised 153 Dutch websites dealing with suicide. The websites relating to suicide prevention (n = 23) wer...

Case report

Parkinsonism during lithium use

T.R.W.M. Walrave, C. Bulens

Two patients with bipolar disorder had been treated for years with lithium without any complications but began to develop symptoms of rigidity and an altered gait, namely symptoms compatible with a diagnosis of Parkinsonism with an action tremor. ...

Abstract

Ernstige psychiatrische stoornissen en agressie: slachtoffer en dader tegelijk

K. van Tuijl, M.M. Thunnissen

Abstract

Het publieke imago van psychologen, psychotherapeuten en psychiaters

Movement disorders and psychoses

Psychiatric research of the ability to drive after driving under influence of alcohol: offender characteristic description and recommendations for prevention

I. Mekking-Pompen, D.P. Ravelli, H. Nijman

12 januari 2009

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background Driving under influence of alcohol is very likely to lead to traffic accidents. Nowadays, fewer people are driving under influence of alcohol, probably because of law enforcement and information campaigns: however, the number of ...

New research

Developmental trajectories of anxiety disorder symptoms in adolescents: A five-year prospective community study

W.W. Hale III, T.A. Klimstra, S.A.M. Wijsbroek, Q.A.W. Raaijmakers, P. Muris, W.H.J. Meeus

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background The relatively recent adoption of modern statistical analysis methods, such as latent growth modelling (lgm), makes it possible to study differences in the individual trajectories of development over time.
aim To examine prospec...

Dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents

H.S. Backer, A.L. Miller, L.M.C. van den Bosch

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background According to several randomised controlled trials (rct's) dialectical behaviour therapy (dbt) is effective in treating adults diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (bpd) who present with self-injurious and suicidal beha...

Electroconvulsive therapy for patients with intracranial aneurysms: a case study and literature review

E. van Herck, P. Sienaert, A. Hagon

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background Electroconvulsive therapy (ect) is an effective treatment for severe psychiatric disorders, such as mood disorders and schizophrenia. ect is a safe treatment, even in the presence of somatic comorbidity. There are no absolute co...

Case report

Acquired stuttering in a psychotic patient