Articles

J.A. Snijders, A.M. Huijsman, M.H. de Groot, J.J. Maas, A. de Greef

background Although psychological test feedback may influence treatment outcome, the generalization of this principle to clinical settings is unknown.
aim An investigation is reported on the controlled influence of test feedback on treatment outco...

New research

Cognitive styles in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

H.J.C. Berger, F.H.T.M. Aerts, A. van der Sijde, P.A.M. van den Bogart-Bex, J.P.W.M. Teunisse

background It has been proposed that weak central coherence and poor mental shifting may be primary cognitive styles in autism spectrum disorders. Both concepts have a strong intuitive appeal, but the empirical evidence and factorial validity are ...

Whither Quality?

J.M. Havenaar, B. Heemskerk, E.M. Bisseling

background During recent years mental health care has undergone tremendous developments both from a scientific and organisational point of view. The government, the health insurance companies and the patient advocacy movement increasingly expect a...

Lateralization in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis

I.E.C. Sommer, A. Aleman, J.-P. Selten, N.F. Ramsey, A. Bouma, R. Kahn

background In the last years several studies reported on lateralization in schizophrenia. Results of these studies are equivocal.
aim To review studies on lateralization in schizophrenia.
method Meta-analysis of studies on hand preference, anatomi...

Essay

Self-organizing artificial neural networks which illustrate the interaction between the biological and environmental domain

N. van Beveren

summary In natural science 'complex dynamical systems' are in the focus of interest. A property of these kind of systems is their ability for self-organization. For its emergence the interaction of environmental and biological parameters is of imp...

Case report

Neurotic excoriations and obsessive-compulsive disorder

M. Kossen, G. Glas

summary Self-mutilation can be a symptom of various psychiatric disorders. Neurotic excoriations are a rarely described subtype of self-mutilation. After the presentation of two vignettes, the article describes the phenomenon of neurotic excoriati...

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Afwijkingen in de membraanvetzuursamenstelling bij patiënten met schizofrenie'

Reactie op 'Vrouwen met schizofrenie: onderzoeksbevindingen en implicaties voor de behandeling'

J.M. Garbis-Berkvens, W.R. Reuvers-Lodewijks, M.M. Rost van Tonningen-van Driel

3 februari 2004

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Psychosen bij jeugdigen'

De prijs van de wetenschap

Relapse prevention of depression with continuation of elektroconvulsive therapy

J. Wijkstra, A. Algra, W.A. Nolen

background Medication resistance in major depressive disorder prior to ECT may be related to high relapse rates after successful ECT when continued medication is used to prevent relapse. An alternative could be to continue ECT.
aims We try to find...

Neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder: a literature study

R.J.L. Lindauer, I.V.E. Carlier, B.P.R. Gersons

background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder following exposure to a traumatic stressor with symptom clusters including reexperiencing, avoidance and hyperarousal. Neurobiological research of PTSD demonstrates chang...

Essay

The role of editors in making medical knowledge

J.P. Vandenbroucke

summary Editors make medical journals. Two types of medical journals can be discerned: 'newspaper' and 'archival' journals. Newspaper journals aim to 'inform, interpret, criticize and stimulate'. They are responsible for the development of medical...

Short report

Dopamine receptor occupancy by antipsychotic medication, an overview of spect and petresearch

J. Lavalaye, L. de Haan, D.H. Linszen

summary By means of literature search, an overview of neuroimaging research on dopamine D2 receptor occupancy by antipsychotic medication has been framed. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) te...

Short report

Clinical relevant criteria for the differential diagnosis between borderline and psychotic disorder

A.M. Weier, J.W. Hummelen

summary The prodromal phase of a (schizophrenic) psychosis may be characterized by non-specific problems in many areas, so that at first a personality disorder is expected. Especially the differential diagnosis with a borderline personality disord...

Case report

Mania associated with the use of interferon-alfa

I.M. van Vliet, A.R. van Gool

summary Immunotherapy with interferon-alfa may induce psychiatric symptoms and disorders: most notably depression. A case history is presented of a 55-year old woman with a manic symptom picture developing during use of interferon-alfa as adjuvant...

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Vrouwen met schizofrenie: onderzoeksbevindingen en implicaties voor de behandeling'

Wat we zelf doen, doen we beter …

Mental disorders among female inmates.

I. Matthaei, E. Stam, B.C.M. Raes

background Detained women form only a small part of the prison population (in the Netherlands 5%), and research on the mental state of female inmates is scarce.
aim To study the mental condition of female inmates who have been staying on the indiv...

State-of-the-art-article

Epidemiology of schizophrenia in immigrants to the Netherlands

J.-P. Selten

background There are reports of an increased incidence of schizophrenia in certain immigrant groups to the Netherlands.
aim To answer two questions: (1) What is known about the incidence and prevalence?; (2) What is known about aetiology?
method L...

'The unfaceable mirror'

A.M.E. van de Koolwijk-van Bentum, F.W. Wilmink

background In the literature there has been relatively little attention for body dysmorphic disorder.
aim Review of the history of the concept of body dysmorphic disorder. Review of research regarding its legitimacy as a separate diagnosis in the c...

Panic disorder during pregnancy

S.M.L. Vogel-Mergaerts, D. Liessens

background Panic disorder during pregnancy is not a rare problem.
aim To give an overview of literature concerning the course of panic disorder during pregnancy and the etiology of panic disorder. Also to give a review of treatment guidelines.
met...

Essay

Disappointments