Articles

The AMDP-system

ISSUE 1990/1

J.W.M. Pluymakers, G. de Cuypere, M.J.A.J.M. Hoes, C. Jannes, D. Theunis

The AMDP-system is a standardized documentation system that has been developed in Europe by the `Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Methodik und Dokumentation in der Psychiatrie' and which has been published in six different languages since 1971.

The AMD...

The bouffée délirante, its position within psychiatry

ISSUE 1990/1

J. Neeleman

In this article the meaning of the French diagnosis `bouffée délirante' is investigated. On the basis of the classical description of this typically French syndrome, an attempt is made to find its equivalents in classificatory systems used in othe...

The relevance of cognitive development in psychiatry inpatient treatment of children

F. Verheij, E.C. van Doorn

If in some years the eighties can be typified from childpsychiatric perspective the device `back to the biological roots' will be in favor.

For many years the emotional and social determinants of behaviour were central, but in these days an or...

Interrater reliability of the structural interview

J.J.L. Derksen, J.W. Hummelen, J.M.P. Bouwens

In this study Kernbergs structural interview, which is directed at the differential diagnosis of neurotic, borderline and psychotic personality structure, is investigated in its interrater reliability. There are two categories psychiatric patients...

Incidence of posttraumatic stress disorders after combat, violence, accidents and disasters

R.J. Kleber, D. Brom

How many people suffer from posttraumatic stress disorders and related psychopathology after the experience of a traumatic life event? The majority of the studies into the psychological consequences of extreme stress has been focused on samples th...

The forensic psychiatric treatment of psychotic reactions

H.J.C. van Marle

The development of forensic psychiatric treatment depends on social and scientific influences. Legal aspects and changes in the population of detainees held by the Governments' Pleasure cause an emphasis on the security of society and the limitset...

A study of chronic mentally ill and their hospital environment: a comparison 1972/1974-1984

B. de Ruiter, L. Henkelman

The aim of the present study was to compare two samples of 30 male chronic schizophrenics, one drawn in 1972 and the other in 1984.

The issues include:

a. content of the treatment programs,

b. factors facilitating treatment-efficiency,...

Evaluation research on substitution in Mental Health Care

D. Wiersma, H. Kluiter, F. Nienhuis, M. Rüphan, R. Giel

Substitution of day-treatment in close connection with community care for inpatient service in a general mental hospital is subject of an experimental research project. Effects of the experimental care condition (the S-condition) are established b...

Coping and psychopathology: A review of theory and research

J.P.C. Jaspers, M.J.O. Asma, R.J. van den Bosch

In this article recent theoretical developments concerning the concept of coping are discussed. Some important classifications of coping are presented. Most of the copingstrategies that are reported in the literature can be placed into the followi...

Borderline and schizotypical children

Ph.D.A. Treffers, M. Meijer

In this article a survey is given of the available data on borderline and schizotypical children. Until recently research on borderline children was directed at the determination of the highest common factor in the symptomatology of borderline chi...

The Münchhausen mother; the Münchhausen syndrome `by proxy'

M.E. Metz

The Münchhausen syndrome by proxy describes various situations in which one or both parents, but usually the mother, creates or fabricates an illness in the child. Extensive, harmful medical care is the consequence of this unconsciously motivated ...

The descriptive and the structural pathology of the borderline patient

F. de Jonghe

In this article some aspects of the `Borderline' concept are discussed. The argument focuses on the question: `What borders on what?' The descriptive aspects of psychiatry are related to its psychodynamic aspects by scrutinizing the relation betwe...

Borderline and schizotypical pathology in adolescents

M. Meijer, Ph.D.A. Treffers

In this article the phenomenology, psychodynamics, classification, etiology and the course of adolescent borderline and schizotypical pathology are reviewed on the basis of relevant literature. Much of what we know of the borderline pathology in a...

A la recherche du... déjà vu

H.N. Sno, D.H. Linszen

The déjà vu is a common experience occurring both in (psycho)pathological disorders as in so-called normal conditions. It has been described as: Any subjectively inappropriate impression of familiarity of the present, with an undefined past.

I...

Psychotropic drugs in `Sheltered Living', a residential facility for chronic mental patients

J.T.P.M. Dres, H.J. Wennink

The model presented is based on current literature and can be used to analyse the use of psychotropic drugs by chronic mental patients in intramural settings. This model contains information about the psychiatric setting, the psychiatric populatio...

From `missionary' to medical

M. van Ommen

This article describes the development of the Dutch confessional psychiatric hospital at the turn of the century. The structure of and the power relations within the organization of the roman catholic and Dutch reformed hospital are compared with ...

The diagnostic process in the context of the assessment of insanity

A. Kaasenbrood

Within an exploratory field research the diagnostic process in the context of the assessment of insanity was studied. The concept of insanity is not defined by the Dutch Insanity Law. In practice the interpretation of the concept by psychiatrists ...

The psychiatric significance of the localisation of cutaneous artefacts

M. van Moffaert

The psychiatric significance of dermatitis artefacta (self-inflicted skin lesions that are presented by the patient as an authentic dermatosis) varies with the localisation. Cutaneous artefacts in the region of the head and neck, on the limbs, on ...

Recent psychological hypotheses and theories of cognitive disturbances in schizophrenia

B Schmand, T. Kuipers, M. Kuilman

In this article a number of psychological theories on the causes of schizophrenic symptoms are reviewed. The authors present theories that explain symptoms in terms of defects in the speed and capacity of cognitive information processing, or as de...

The meaning of the loss of a parent in adolescence

A.J. Beekman, W.F. Maillette de Buy Wenniger

It is our experience with certain patients that the relevance of some biographic material (life-events) is only understood in a family interview.

This article focusses on the meaning of the loss of a parent in adolescence and the conditions of...

Epilepsy and aggression: A review of the literature

H. Omloo-Visser, T.C.A.M. Woerkom

The relationship epilepsy-aggression is a complicated one. The incidence of aggression in patients suffering from epilepsy, particularly from partial epilepsy with complex symptomatology, is higher than average. Most aggression is interictal; prod...

Aspects of milieutherapeutic management

C. Janzing

The treatment of psychiatric inpatients by milieutherapeutic principles requires a special type of management. The author describes a model of milieutherapeutic management. The importance of keeping congruent the surface structure and the depth st...

Anxiety and affective disorders looked at with the help of the SCL-90, a self-assessment scale, considering the revision of the DSM-III-classification

E.A.M. Knoppert-van der Klein, T.S.O.M. Hiddema

Anxiety and depressive symptoms are often seen at the same time. This is also shown by looking at anxiety and affective disorders with the help of the SCL-90 (symptom checklist), a self-assessment scale.

The revision of the DSM-III-classificat...

Research into the setting of psychoanalysis

ISSUE 1989/5