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Editorial

Chronic pain and fatigue, and the psychiatrist

ISSUE 2008/3
3 maart 2008
B. van Houdenhove
New research

The effectiveness of anxiety treatment on alcohol-dependent patients with a comorbid phobic disorder: a randomised controlled trial

ISSUE 2008/3
3 maart 2008
A. Schadé, L.A. Marquenie, A.J.L.M. van Balkom, M.W.J. Koeter, W. van den Brink, R. van Dyck

summary
background There is evidence that the post-treatment relapse rate for alcohol-dependent patients with a comorbid anxiety disorder is higher than for alcohol-dependent patients without this disorder.
aim To discover whether the post-treatme...

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Review article

When is psychosis dangerous? Ethical, professional en juridical considerations concerning psychosis and coercion in Belgium

ISSUE 2008/3
4 maart 2008
A. Verbrugghe, H. Nys, J. Vandenberghe

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background In Belgium a patient can only be compulsorily admitted to a psychiatric hospital if he is a danger to himself or others (law concerning coercion in Belgium, 26/06/1990).
aim To explore the relationship between psychosis and dang...

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Essay

A multidimensional description and validation of two subtypes in the field of endogenous and melancholic depression

ISSUE 2008/3
25 maart 2008
J.G. Goekoop

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background It should be possible to improve the diagnosis of endogenous or melancholic depression by applying Jaspers' multidimensional model of clinical symptoms, by considering the role of vasopressinergic activity in dysregulated stress...

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Commentary

Towards deepened psychiatric diagnostics

ISSUE 2008/3
4 maart 2008
H.M. van Praag
Short report

The beginning psychiatric training syndrome in the year 2007. Myth or reality?

ISSUE 2008/3
4 maart 2008
M.M. van Veen, P.C. Wauben, T.O. Hoffman, J.D. Blom

The beginning psychiatric training syndrome is a controversial, but imaginative nosological concept. This short paper provides a concise overview of the relevant literature on beginning psychiatric training syndrome, and presents the results of a ...

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Farmacotherapy

Pipamperone and the treatment of impulsive aggressive behaviour

ISSUE 2008/3
6 maart 2008
A.A.G. Klaassen

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background Pipamperone is prescribed to prevent impulsive aggressive behaviour in patients with intermittent explosive disorder, personality disorders or mental retardation.
aim To investigate the scientific basis of this treatment.
method...

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Case report

'My daughter eats my mattress!' - a patient with pica

ISSUE 2008/3
4 maart 2008
H.J. Kolthof, E.A.F. van Weel

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For the third time a 17-year-old adolescent is presented to a child and adolescent ambulatory mental health clinic, because of eating foam rubber. In this case study pica is being discussed and its possible connection with a somatic disease...

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Abstract

Incidentie van schizofrenie bij diabetes mellitus type 1

ISSUE 2008/3
4 maart 2008
D. Cohen
Abstract

Betekent een progressieve stadiumtransitie vermindering van drinkgedrag? - een toets van het transtheoretisch model

ISSUE 2008/3
4 maart 2008
M. Bergoets, S. Stes, H. Peuskens