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The role of hospitalisation in the treatment of patients with personality disorders in the borderline spectrum

ISSUE 1992/10
20 maart 2004
L.A.E. de Vooght

There are many different opinions as to the role of admission to a psychiatric hospital in the treatment of borderline patients. Based on the literature on the one hand and his clinical experience on the other, the author tries to formulate a gene...

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The universalism debate from the perspective of two Culture-Bound Syndromes: towards a new paradigm in comparative psychiatry

ISSUE 1992/10
20 maart 2004
J.T.V.M. de Jong

The universalism versus culture-specificity debate is illustrated with the examples of the culture-bound syndromes `latah' and `koro'. Two models dominate the universalism debate. The first one is based on a psychoanalytic defense model or a biops...

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Cannabis and schizophrenia

ISSUE 1992/10
20 maart 2004
H. Heller, P. Dingemans, D. Linszen

In the research literature of the last two decades it is agreed that psychotic symptoms which are caused by cannabis abuse mimic those of schizophrenia. Different opinions exist about the relationship between cannabis abuse and schizophrenia. Four...

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The further development of clinically treated children

ISSUE 1992/10
20 maart 2004
J.W. Veerman

About half of the children who have been admitted for day-treatment or residential treatment appear to have serious mental problems long after their discharge. However, the other half of these children appear to develop relatively well. This artic...

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Medical care for chronic ambulatory patients: a follow-up

ISSUE 1992/10
20 maart 2004
A. Honig, E. de Kemp, P. Pop, M.A.J. Romme, H. Philipsen

The central theme of the study described in this paper is the improvement of the monitoring and care of physical health of ambulatory chronic psychiatric patients. The first part of this study describes a screening on physical illness and complain...

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Preferences about small-scale living

ISSUE 1992/10
20 maart 2004
T.F. van Wel

In preparation for a small-scale living project being planned by the Willem Arntsz Hoeve Psychiatric Hospital, residents and staff were interviewed. This article presents the interviewees' thoughts about the purposes of such a project and appropri...

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