Articles

M.E.J. Kouijzer, F. Loman, C.M. van der Feltz-Cornelis

Summary
background Medically unexplained symptoms (mus) occur frequently in children and adolescents. Treatment of mus in children and adolescents takes place mainly in mental health care (mhc) institutions, as does the treatment of adults with mu...

Review article

Psychiatry and brua

J.D. Blom, I.T. Poulina, T.L. van Gellecum

Summary
background Patients from Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao are often inclined to attribute mental problems to brua, the Dutch-Antillean counterpart of voodoo. Because little is known about brua and patients are usually reluctant to talk about it,...

Short report

The practice of Dutch child and adolescent psychiatry – developments over the last fifteen years

F. Boer

Summary
background The child and adolescent psychiatry (cap) section of the Dutch Association for Psychiatry intends to keep track of the extent to which cap is practised and to monitor the way in which it functions. The cap has conducted three su...

Case report

Resident old-age psychiatrists need training in the interpretation of cerebral imaging: a pituitary incidentaloma

M.J. van Woelderen, R.M. Marijnissen, S.C. Stalpers-Konijnenburg, R.C. Oude Voshaar

Summary

Due to the increased use of cerebral imaging with higher sensitivity, the old-age psychiatrist is more likely to find unexpected lesions. We report on a 73-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and increasing cognitive deterioration....

Commentary

Why neuroimaging is important for old age psychiatry

Manic-psychotic symptoms as clinical manifestation of hyperparathyroidism

J.S. Badloe, R.F.P. de Winter, D. Ramlal, A.S. van Amerongen

Summary

We discuss the case history of a woman aged 49 years who displayed manic-psychotic symptoms as a clinical manifestation of hyperparathyroidism. Following resection of the parathyroid she developed severe depression. Primary hyperparathyro...

Vitamine D en depressie

Y. Milaneschi

De effecten van psychotherapie bij depressie in vergelijking met placebo

P. Cuijpers

Zorgbehoeften van ouderen met schizofrenie: vooral psychosociale lacunes

P.D. Meesters

Beïnvloeden subklinische psychotische of bipolaire ervaringen bij depressie de uitkomsten van psychotherapie?

Alcoholgebonden stoornissen en het verloop van depressie en angststoornissen

L. van Diermen, W. Verbruggen

Letter to the editor

Reaction on ‘Suicide: A medico-historical exploration’

Psychiatry and the media; some reflections on the DSM-5 introduction

Effects on scale and confidence intervals as alternatives to p < 0.05

A.I. Wierdsma, J. van Os

Summary
background Researchers and reviewers often use the conventional p < 0.05 as threshold in statistical tests. In many cases, however, the interpretation of p-values is incorrect.
aim To explain where the 5% norm originates, identify the int...

Commentary

Reporting statistical measures in the Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie: is there a need for adopting statistical guidelines?

Suicide: A medico-historical exploration

J.D. Blom

Summary
background The recent rise of suicide rates internationally clearly indicates that the medical profession needs to give more attention to suicidality.
aim To construct a medico-historical framework for the concepts of suicide and suicidali...

Wat bewijst agranulocytose na 19 jaar clozapine-monotherapie?

D. Cohen

Doen bij depressie

R. Leontjevas