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Is moclobemide an alternative for tranylcypromine in treatment-resistant depression?

ISSUE 1994/9
17 maart 2004
J. Vink, W.A. Nolen, M. Verbraak

The article describes the results from an open study in patients with resistant depression, when in their treatment the classical MAO-inhibitor tranylcypromine was replaced by the MAO-A-inhibitor moclobemide. All patients were nonresponders to oth...

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An out-patient service for chronic patients on depot and lithium prophylaxis

ISSUE 1994/9
17 maart 2004
R.H.J. Hornsveld, M.B.J. Blom

This article provides information about the development of differentiated programs for chronic psychiatric patients by a Riagg, the Dutch version of an out-patient clinic. In this context the foundation of a depot and lithium policlinic is describ...

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Ulysses contracts in psychiatry

ISSUE 1994/9
17 maart 2004
R.L.P. Berghmans

In this article the possibilities of self binding in psychiatry are explored. By way of a `self binding agreement' of `Ulysses contract', a mentally ill person who suffers from periodical decompensation may arrange the conditions under which he ag...

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Emergency psychiatry by telephone: ear-to-ear contact

ISSUE 1994/9
17 maart 2004
H.N. Sno

The telephone appears to be an important tool for acute psychiatric care. The merits of telephonic contacts probably explain in part the increasing need for telephone hotline services. Because of the specific skills necessary to provide adequate c...

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A Plea for Subjectivity

ISSUE 1994/9
17 maart 2004
S. de Jong

The exclusion of `subjectivity' from the scientific debate is based on objectivistic presuppositions. The acceptability of these presuppositions, however, are epistemologically not warranted and not corroborated by emperical facts of the neuro-sci...

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The prevalence of anxiety disorders in the elderly

ISSUE 1994/9
17 maart 2004
A.W.A. Vermeulen, A.T.F. Beekman, M.L. Stek, R. van Dyck

Research regarding the prevalence of anxiety in the community-dwelling elderly is reviewed in this article. One of the most striking findings of the survey data is the diversity of classifications of anxiety and the difference in diagnostic criter...

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