Articles

Self-esteem and self-perception: a study of 8-12 year old children at a child psychiatric clinic

ISSUE 1991/6

M.A.E. Straathof, Ph.D.A. Treffers, B. Siebelink, A.W. Goedhart

This article starts with a brief review of the development of children's self-esteem. Next the results are presented of a study investigating the clinical utility of Susan Harter's `Self Perception Profile for Children' (SPPC), especially as an in...

Deviant social behaviour of psychiatric patients

A. de Jong

Within the field of psychiatry the attention for deviant social behaviour has always been secondary to the primacy of symptomatology and diagnosis. In the period just after the second world war a gradual change has taken place. The shift in attent...

Psychiatry and drug abuse clinics

E.A. Noorlander

From the moment drug abuse clinics became operational in the Netherlands these clinics have progressively been drifting away from the main body of Mental Health Organisations. As a result of this development workers in each type of organisation ar...

Individual differences, diagnostics in perspective

K. Jonker, W.M. Snellen

It is argued, with the help of three casuistic illustrations, that, if one wants to be able to make statements about prognosis and treatment approach, it is impossible to confine oneself only to systems which emanate from one level of assessment o...

Psychopathology (SCL-90) in symptomatic HIV-infection and AIDS-patients

M. van Beuzekom, F. van den Boom, H. Kroon, J.G. Storosum, H.N. Sno, H. van Dis

6 december 2008

Results are reported of a group of 56 symptomatic seropositives and 61 AIDS-patients on the dimensions of the SCL-90. The scores are compared with three normgroups: a normal healthy population, a group cardiac ambulant patients and a group ambulan...

The etiology of puerperal psychosis

M. de Keizer, T. Kuipers

The dramatic biological changes that occur after childbirth and symptoms like confusion have stimulated much theorizing about a central role for organic factors in the etiology of puerperal psychosis. In this article possible etiologic factors and...

Informed consent in psychiatry

J.L.M. van der Beek

The medical treatment agreement is soon going to be discussed in the Second Chamber of the Dutch government. One of the most important subjects is the informed consent. Applied to the psychiatric field, heaps of problems arise.

There is a batt...

Intensive treatment of post-traumatic stressdisorder; experiences with policemen

B.P.R. Gersons

Police officers, in the course of their work, regularly fall victim to traumatic events, leading in some cases to the development of a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Treatment programmes are based on a number of different views about the p...

Experiences of relatives of acutely admitted psychiatric patients. A pilot study

A.A.M. Jongerius, A.R. van Gool, R.B. Laport

6 december 2008

An exploration was made of feelings and experiences of the relatives of acutely admitted psychiatric patients. At the time of admission, feelings of helplesness and exhaustion were prominent. Though after admission the family members felt often re...

Effects of substitution on the regional patterns of referral and admission in mental health care

D. Wiersma, F.G. Brook, R. Giel, H. Kluiter, F.J. Nienhuis, M. Rüphan, S. Sytema

Possible effects of the introduction of a new, experimental day-treatment programme combined with extramural and community care, as an alternative to standard inpatient treatment are studied over a period of three years (1986-1988) on the level of...

Research into a relation between religion and psychiatric disorder

P.T. Folmer

In this article two Dutch studies into the relation between religion and psychiatric disorder are compared. In the first study the relation is explored between the church communion of the `Gereformeerde Gemeenten' and major depressive disorder res...

Sociodrama, methodology and psychiatric applications

J. Meillo, G. Nabarro

This article describes the characteristic features of sociodrama, a form of group therapy in which active techniques are used. The theoretical background of sociodrama and its main psychiatric applications are also described. Concluding remarks ar...

Social role development of ambulant chronic mentally ill, illustrated with a case-history

E. Noothoorn, M. Romme, H. Hamers, L. Vallenga

Successful rehabilitation of the chronic mentally ill quite often depends on interventions in the social environment (Shepherd 1989). Enhancement of social functioning means optimalizing existing social roles and facilitating a productive environm...

War and business: the use of metaphors in teamdiscussions in a psychiatric inst

E. van Dongen

The article works out the idea that metaphors in discussions about clients in a psychiatric institute are used in the first place to make sense of experiences and emotions of the therapists instead of only giving information about treatment and he...

Tricyclic antidepressants in schizophrenia

B.M. de Vries, J.W. Louwerens, J. Korf, C.J. Slooff

Depressive symptoms frequently occur in patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia. Depressive symptoms can be differentiated from negative symptoms and occur in all phases of schizophrenia. Some pathogenetic hypotheses about these symptom...

How to talk best with ghosts

R.F. Riemersma

Based on his own psychotic experiences with voices, conversations with other psychotics and the literature, the author proposes the idea to engage in psychotherapy that recognizes the existence of ghosts. The psychotic experience is considered fro...

Neurolepsia and akinesia

J.P.C.J. Selten

In European psychiatric literature the emotional distance and lack of motivation produced by neuroleptic therapy are referred to with the term `neurolepsis' or `psycholepsis'.

In American literature the same phenomena are pointed out with the ...

The reliability of the videodistortion method for assessing body image disturbances in eating disorder patients

M. Probst, H. Vancoppenolle, W. Vandereycken, M. Goris

6 december 2008

In the videodistortion method subjects are asked to reconstruct the exact sizes of their boby image as shown in a distorted form on a video screen. The reliability of this method (test-retest) is studied in anorexia nervosa patients and female stu...

Editorial

Vijftig jaar moderne psycho-farmaca: een feestelijk jubileum?

Forensisch psychiatrische patiënten met geweldsdelicten: persoonlijkheidskenmerken en gedrag

R.H.J. Hornsveld, C.M.J. van Dam-Baggen, S.M.M. Lammers, H.L.I. Nijman, F.W. Kraaimaat

background On the basis of the international literature the combined group of inpatients serving a tbs-sentence and forensic outpatients is expected to obtain higher scores on the personality domains of neuroticism and extraversion and lower score...

Review article

Personality disorders in the elderly

S.P.J. van Alphen, G.J.J.A. van Engelen, Y. Kuin, J.J.L. Derksen

background Personality disorders in the elderly constitute a relative novel topic in psychology and psychiatry.
aim To investigate whether the DSM-concept 'personality disorder' is applicable to the elderly and to find out what is known about the ...

Essay

The psychiatrist as supportive object

M. Hebbrecht

background In recent editions of the Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie there have been discus-sions about the role of the psychiatrist. At the basis of the psychiatrist's professional identity as a medical specialist lies the psychiatrist's more fundam...

State-of-the-art-article

Anxiety disorders in children: which type of psychosocial treatment has proved effective?

S.L.M. van der Toorn, R.F. Ferdinand

background Cognitive behavioural intervention programmes are known to be effective in the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders.
aim To provide an answer to the question: which type of psychosocial treatment should be used with children sufferi...

Case report

Methylphenidate in adults with ADHD and cocaine addiction