Articles

A.J. de Kort, D. Postulart, G.A.A.M. Wetzer, S.H.P.P. Roerink

achtergrond Acromegalie is een zeldzame ziekte die veroorzaakt wordt door een tumor in de voorkwab van de hypofyse die aanzet tot overmatige productie van groeihormoon. Hierdoor worden alle organen en weefsels in het lichaam aangezet tot groei. D...

New research

Long-term follow-up of psychogenic pseudosyncope

D.P. Saal, M.J. Overdijk, R.D. Thijs, I. M. van Vliet, J.G. van Dijk

background Patients with psychogenic pseudosyncope (pps) are frequently seen by neurologists and psychiatrists. As of yet, there has been no follow-up study of patients with pps after communicating the diagnosis.
aim To determine the outcome of ...

Review article

Time for cluster C personality disorders: state of the art

J. Hutsebaut, E.M.C. Willemsen, H.L. Van

background Compared to cluster B personality disorders, the assessment and treatment of people with obsessive-compulsive, dependent, and avoidant personality disorders (cluster C) is given little attention in the field of research and clinical pr...

Review article

N-of-1 trials in child and adolescent psychiatry: a closer look at stimulants

E. Mordijck, M. Danckaerts, P. Onghena

background An N-of-1 trial is a clinical trial studying the response of an individual to a particular intervention or different interventions in an objective, systematic way.
aim To evaluate both the applications and the methodology of N-of-1 tr...

Essay

The therapeutic alliance in community mental health services

A. Groenendijk, J. Van Hecke

background The treatment of severe mental illnesses is increasingly taking place in a domiciliary setting due to the deinstitutionalisation.
aim Theoretical reflection on the influence of home treatment on the therapeutic alliance.
method...

Is psychiatry ready to let patients review their own files? Inventory of initial experiences

S.M.P. van Veen, M. Mostert, L. de Witte, M. Somers

background Dutch patients will be granted the right to digitally access their own medical records, an option already available to the patients at the University Medical Center Utrecht since 2015.
aim To start a conversation about the development...

Fragile X syndrome: new therapeutic strategies

S. Zeidler, B. Dierckx, K. Lubbers, A.M. van Eeghen, C.R. Lincke, J.A. Kievit, R. Willemsen, A. Rietman

background Fragile X syndrome (fxs) is the most common hereditary cause of intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders. Targeted treatment is currently lacking. In the past decades an enormous amount of knowledge has been obtained conce...

Case report

Autism or personality disorder in older adults? Guidelines for the differential diagnosis

A.C. Videler, E.C.J. Delescen, M.A. Ouwens

Autism spectrum disorders and personality disorders are common, also in the elderly. Differential diagnosis is complex, especially if an undiagnosed autism spectrum disorder or personality disorder is suspected. We discuss two cases and conclude ...

Opinion

The future of prevention of depression for adolescents: challenges and chances

S.P.A. Rasing, D.H.M. Creemers, Y.A.J. Stikkelbroek, R.C.W.M. Kuijpers, R.C.M.E. Engels

Dutch-Flemish research

Internetinterventie bij subklinische depressie voorkomt het ontstaan van depressieve stoornissen

P. Cuijpers

Psychiatry of the future

VMAT-2-remmers als behandeling voor tardieve dyskinesie

L.E. De Wit, L.D. De Witte

Editorial

Head injury; the forgotten child of the psychiatry?

Risicotaxatie in de Nederlandse ambulante forensische geestelijke gezondheidszorg

J. van Horn, M. Eisenberg, K. Uzieblo

achtergrond Risicotaxatie wordt in de forensische poliklinieken steeds belangrijker gevonden. Dat blijkt ook uit het toenemend aantal risicotaxatie-instrumenten dat in de Nederlandse ambulante forensische ggz wordt gebruikt.
doel Een eerste over...

New research

The development of a guideline to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of FACT board meetings using a Delphi study

M.X.C. Bruijsten, K.H. Westen, J.M. Weijman, P.A.M. Peeters

background The factboard meeting structures the multidisciplinary meetings held by fact teams, held for the 10-20% most care intensive patients. The fact manual only provides a general outline for the factboard meeting, leaving out criteria speci...

Review article

Efficacy of integrated dual disorder treatment for dual disorder patients: a systematic literature review

A. Neven, N. Kool, A.E. Bonebakker, C.L. Mulder

background Dual diagnosis (substance use disorder combined with a comorbid mental illness) is a common problem. One of the methods to treat this is integrated dual diagnosis treatment (iddt). iddt consists of the simultaneous, integrated applicat...

Essay

How to act in case of a homicidal patient; a literature review and a practice guideline

B.S. Frelier, T.J. Holwerda

background Death threats are common in the therapist’s office. Many therapists don’t know how to handle these.
aim To provide background information and tools for the practitioner who receives a homicidal threat from a patient.
method A s...

Essay

The prevention of Korsakoff’s syndrome by offering involuntary care?

S.L. van den Hooff

background The new draft Law on care and coercion focuses on the care of people with a psychogeriatric disorder or intellectual disability. Perhaps this law can be applied to people suffering from chronic alcoholism, associated with an increased ...

Employment prospects of persons with severe mental illness after an integrated mental and psychomotor training in a vocational rehabilitation programme

J.J.M. Knapen, A. Myszta, Y.C.N. Moriën

background There is a lower employment rate among persons with severe mental illness.
aim In order to increase the employment rate among mentally ill patients, azertie, a centre for vocational rehabilitation, has integrated a combination of p...

Position Statement on religion and spirituality in psychiatry

P.J. Verhagen

background In December 2015 the Executive Committee of the World Psychiatric Association approved a Position Statement on religion and spirituality in psychiatry. This remarkable event remained unnoticed in the Netherlands.
aim To bring this ...

Case report

An adolescent with conversion deafness

E. D’hoore, P. Emmery, E. Van Roie

A 16-year-old adolescent with progressive hearing loss was diagnosed with a conversion disorder after extensive somatic investigations. Psychotherapy led to a successful rehabilitation and improved quality of life. In the discussion we address th...

Opinion

De onvoltooide ‘voltooid leven’-discussie: het onderwerp ‘voltooid leven’ hoort thuis in de ouderenpsychiatrie