Articles

P. Ter Horst, A. Jessen, S. Bogaerts, M. Spreen

background An increase in the length of time until the first escorted leave is granted to a patient detained by court order (tbs) results in a longer period of treatment. Physicians involved in the treatment and clinic managers are striving to re...

New research

Psychiatric applications at the emergency department of the Brussels University Hospital between 2003 and 2012

S. Veeckman, I. Hubloue, D. Lauwaert, F. Matthys

background Although the emergency department in Belgian hospital is an important gateway to mental health care, there is lack of information about the way in which this population has evolved. Various studies have reported on the increasing numbe...

Stabilisation in trauma treatment: necessity or myth?

I. Bicanic, A. de Jongh, E. ten Broeke

background With regard to the treatment of patients who have been traumatised in childhood by interpersonal trauma and have been diagnosed as having symptoms of complex ptsd, it is advisable that exposure of such patients to traumatic memories sh...

Emotion regulation belongs in the therapeutic arsenal for complex PTSD: consensus and evidence

E. Dorrepaal, K. Thomaes, N. Draijer, D.J. Veltman, A.J.L.M. van Balkom

Measuring alexithymia in fibromyalgia: the need for a multimodal measurement method to replace the TAS-20

F. Maes, B.G.C. Sabbe, P. Luyten, T. Beukeleirs

background In an earlier publication that investigated alexithymia in fibromyalgia, we showed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale was the only instrument being used to measure alexithymia.
aim To find out which instruments are currently available for ...

Essay

Shared decision-making in mental health care: a role model from youth mental health care

G.M.A. Westermann, J.M.G. Maurer

background In the communication and interaction between doctor and patient in Western health care there has been a paradigm shift from the paternalistic approach to shared decision-making.
aim To summarise the background situation, recent dev...

Case report

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy as a complication of electroconvulsive therapy

M.M. de Wolf, E.G.M. Olde Bijvank

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an acute, stress-induced, reversible cardiac syndrome and can occur as a rare complication in electroconvulsive therapy. We give further details of this complication by referring to the case of a 67-year-old female pati...

Case report

Brua as an explanatory model for diseases

E.H.M. Minkenberg, J.D. Blom

A 26-year-old woman from the island of Aruba who had been living in the Netherlands for ten years felt she was misunderstood by the various health professionals she had consulted because of her fear that she was being poisoned and would soon die....

The end of schizophrenia in the Netherlands? Not yet

R. Bruggeman, W. Veling, F. van Es, J. Quak, F. Nienhuis, R. Knegtering

Dutch-Flemish research

Dalende brain-derived neurotrofe factor in serum bij persisterende depressie

B. Bus

Dutch-Flemish research

Traumabehandeling bij psychose: gewoon doen

Goede resultaten kortdurende klinische psychotherapie volgens transactionele analyse bij persoonlijkheidsstoornissen

A. Ruissen

Psychiatry of the future

Aandachttraining met fMRI-neurofeedback

Rising levels of PTSD from recent warzones: a role for non-invasive stimulation methods?

The number of compulsory admissions continues to rise: Implications for the new Dutch law on obligatory mental health care

J. Broer, H. Koetsier, C.L. Mulder

background Since the introduction of the new Dutch law on compulsory mental health care, the Bopz, there has been a marked increase in the number of compulsory admissions in mental health care in the Netherlands. When the new law underwent its th...

Collaborative care for co-morbid major depressive disorder in chronically ill outpatients in a general hospital

K.M. van Steenbergen-Weijenburg, C.M. van der Feltz-Cornelis, T.B. van Benthem, E.K. Horn, R. Ploeger, J.W. Brals, C. Leue, J. Spijker, L. Hakkaart-Van Roijen, F.F.H. Rutten, A.T.F. Beekman

background Depression is highly prevalent in patients with chronic physical illnesses. A promising intervention for this group of patients is the collaborative care treatment as developed in the us.
aim To demonstrate the prevalence of depres...

EDNOS is an eating disorder of clinical relevance, on a par with anorexia and bulimia nervosa

A.E. Dingemans, E.F. van Furth

background The category ‘eating disorder ‘not otherwise specified’’ (ednos) in dsm-iv is restricted to eating disorders of clinical severity that do not completely fulfil the criteria for anorexia and bulimia nervosa. The ednos category is, by de...

Not Otherwise Specified Disorders in DSM: Usefulness and necessity

H.L. Van, T. Ingenhoven, N. Draijer

Essay

Ethical advice regarding the relationship between psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industry

M. Morrens, J. De Fruyt, T. Pattyn, M. Surmont, G Pieters

background The pharmaceutical industry is an important partner in mental health care.
aim To provide ethical advice that will help psychiatrists build a balanced relationship with the pharmaceutical industry.
method In this article we pre...

Hoe streng willen wij zijn in de aanpak van belangenverstrengeling?

Mandatory insurance for human test-subjects parti-cipating in medical trials is in fact rarely mandatory