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Zorgen voor mensen met dementie

ISSUE 2003/8
3 februari 2004
New research

Association of depression and gender with mortality in old age

ISSUE 2003/8
28 januari 2004
R.A. Schoevers, M.I. Geerlings, A.T.F. Beekman, B.W.J.H. Penninx, D.J.H. Deeg, C. Jonker, W. van Tilburg

background  The links between depression and increased mortality risk in older persons may depend on the severity of the depressive disorder and on gender.
aim  To investigate the links between severe and 'mild' depressive syndromes and excess mor...

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Review article

Religiosity and depression in later life: a review of recent epidemiological research

ISSUE 2003/8
28 januari 2004
A.W. Braam, A.T.F. Beekman, W. van Tilburg

background  In psychiatric epidemiology and gerontology it is frequently reported that religious beliefs and the practice of religion protect the elderly from depression.
aim  To investigate whether certain aspects of religious belief and practice...

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Review article

Impaired connectivity in schizophrenia: abnormalities in brain white matter

ISSUE 2003/8
28 januari 2004
B.D. Peters, L. de Haan, D.H. Linszen

background  The pathophysiology and symptomatology of schizophrenia might be related to disturbed communication or impaired connectivity between individual nerve cells and between regions of the brain. Regions of the brain communicate with each ot...

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Short report

Atypical antipsychotics to treat borderline personality disorder

ISSUE 2003/8
28 januari 2004
K.P. Grootens, R.J. Verkes

background  The advent of new, atypical antipsychotics has created new opportunities for the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD).
aim  To find out whether the positive effects of treating BPD with atypical antipsychotics are based o...

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Case report

Remission of schizophrenia following discontinuation of lamotrigine. A case study

ISSUE 2003/8
28 januari 2004
W. Stuve, A. Wessels, L. Timmerman

summary  This study concerns a patient suffering from epilepsy and schizophrenia of the paranoid type, which is difficult to treat. The patient had been treated with lamotrigine, but administration of the drug was discontinued. We find a remarkabl...

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Letter to the editor

Erratum

ISSUE 2003/8
3 februari 2004