Articles

Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie in Medline!

6 november 2006

P.N. van Harten

Het aardige van de filosofie

6 november 2006

C.F.A. Milders

The psychopathology of Karl Jaspers: then and now

6 november 2006

M.W. Hengeveld

The book entitled 'Allgemeine Psychopathologie' by the German psychiatrist-philosopher Karl Jaspers, first published in 1913, has had a lasting influence on the way in which psychiatry defines subjective psychiatric symptoms - phenomena. His psych...

The importance of Binswanger's phenomenology for the concept of delusion

L. de Vooght

In his book entitled 'Wahn' (delusion), Binswanger develops a new line of thinking which is important for the neurosciences today. Unlike Jaspers, Binswanger believes that in a delusion normal perceptions do not acquire an abnormal significance. H...

Ambiguity in Eric Kandel's neuroscientific basis of psychiatry

G. Glas

The philosophical principles underlying the work of Eric Kandel are investigated on the basis of his innovative paper entitled 'A new intellectual framework for psychiatry' (Kandel 1998). A careful analysis of the concepts involved reveals some am...

From ontological compartimentalisation to ontological complexity

H.P. Kunneman

Discussions about the foundations of psychiatry show repetitive traits. Although in the disputes that arise between the three main frames of reference (i.e. physical/naturalistic, hermeneuticphenomenological, and socio-critical) new ideas do emerg...

Dilemmas in mental health care. A quantitative approach

E.P. Veening

An imaginary but realistic scenario is presented in order to stimulate thought and discussion about ethical dilemmas faced by those responsible for psychiatric cases. The method is designed to achieve greater consistency in two areas: in professio...

About humankind as portrayed by cognitive behaviour therapy

P. van Haute

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (cbt) interprets the workings of the human mind by analogy with the scientific method as defined by Popper. According to this interpretation, cbt turns the scientist and/or science into a model for mental health, but fai...

The unbroken power of psychiatry as seen through the eyes of Michel Foucault

H.F. Kraan

Is the psychiatrist still a powerful force in society? Foucault, a 'historical philosopher' concerned with power relations, would have answered this question in the affirmative. Possibly, however, the psychiatrist's sovereign power is weaker than ...

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Naar een vertrouwd klinkend paradigma en een voorbeeld van een model voor de psychiatrie'

J.A.M. de Kroon

Letter to the editor

Publicatieprijs artsen in opleiding tot psychiater 2005/2006

A.J.L.M. van Balkom

Psychosomatiek in de DSM-V

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Internet. An evaluation of Dutch-language websites and quality indicators

Y. Serdobbel, G. Pieters, S. Joos

10 oktober 2006

background The Internet is an important source of information about health matters. The quality of the information about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (ocd) has not been investigated. Possible indicators of quality are the discern rating tool, Goo...

Commentary

Meten van kwaliteit.Commentaar op Serdobbel e.a.

Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy

10 oktober 2006

J.J.L. Derksen

background The past twenty years have seen many developments in 'psychodynamic' psychotherapy.
aim To provide an overview of recent developments in short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy. This involves summarizing current approaches and describing...

Sharing information among carers involved in mental health care: ethical advice

A. Liegéois, A. Haekens, M. Eneman

summary This article reproduces ethical advice given by the Ethical Committee for Mental Health Care set up by the Brothers of Charity in Flanders. The advice relates to the ethical problem that arises when several health care professionals and ca...

Short report

Information about electroconvulsive therapy on the internet

G. Degraeve, C. van Heeringen, K. Audenaert

summary This article aims to provide a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the information about electroconvulsive therapy that is currently available on the internet. We carried out a quantitative assessment by entering five search terms i...

Case report

Cyber-suicide: the role of the internet in suicidal behaviour. A case study

N. D'Hulster, C. van Heeringen

summary The article describes two cases of attempted suicide which were prepared and carried out with the help of information on the internet. It appears therefore that the internet can lower the threshold for and increase the risk of suicidal beh...

Case report

Psychoses and Epilepsy. A case study

W.M.A. Verhoeven, W.B. Gunning, J.H.A.M. Tuerlings, J.I.M. Egger, S. Tuinier †

summary Over the last few decades much research has been done into the raised level of psychiatric comorbidity in epilepsy. On the basis of a case study of a patient suffering from post-ictal psychoses we explain the psychiatric differential diagn...

Abstract

Neuropathologie bij niet-demente ouderen

A. Gerbers, A.F.G Leentjens

10 oktober 2006

Letter to the editor

De profielschets plaatst de psychiater wél in de werkelijkheid Reactie op 'De multidisciplinair werkende psychiater in de Herziene Profielschets Psychiater. Juridisch en organisatorisch buiten de werkelijkheid?

C.M.M. Vleugels, J.J.T. Eisenga

12 oktober 2006