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Quality of life of psychiatric patients who depend on long-term out-patient care. A conceptual exploration

ISSUE 1995/2
15 maart 2004
W.A. Boevink, J.R.L.M. Wolf, Ch. van Nieuwenhuizen, A.H. Schene

In order to verify the meaning and the aspects of quality of life for a population of long-term mentally ill patients in Dutch society, the technique of Concept Mapping was used. Concept Mapping is a structured method in which complex concepts can...

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Psychiatric disorders: prevalence and relationship with physical complaints and disability in primary care

ISSUE 1995/2
15 maart 2004
M.P.M. Boks

The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in primary care is about 23 percent. In this review studies are presented from which can be concluded that psychiatric disorders are an important factor in the etiology of physical complaints and disability....

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Seasonal affective disorder II: nonverbal behaviour and coping predict the response to light therapy and the onset time of a next depressed episode

ISSUE 1995/2
15 maart 2004
A.L. Bouhuys, E. Geerts, Y. Meesters, J.H.C. Jansen

Whether behavioral and psychological factors are related to the response to light therapy and the onset of a novel depressive episode has been studied in patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and a control group. The interaction between ...

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Significance of hypnograms for institutionalized adolescent psychiatric patients

ISSUE 1995/2
15 maart 2004
Ch. van Gent, K.W.U.F. Stibane, M.G. Smits

Sleep disorders are an extra obstacle in the development and functioning of adolescents with psychiatric disorders. In spite of a good diagnostic interview it is difficult to obtain an objective judgement of the precise nature and seriousness of t...

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A medical-ethical approach to transsexualism and sex reassignment therapy

ISSUE 1995/2
15 maart 2004
G. de Cuypere, C. Jannes, R. Rubens

The acceptance and the implementation of Sex Reassignment Surgery as a treatment for transsexuals evokes a number of considerations and questions about the medical-ethical aspects of transsexualism and its therapy. In this paper considerations abo...

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