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A Flemish chair in Addiction Psychiatry and the attractiveness of a psychiatric carrier choice

ISSUE 2010/2
9 februari 2010
G. Dom
New research

Comorbid anxiety disorders and alcohol-related disorders in a population of bipolar I disorder: investigation in a Flemish population

ISSUE 2010/2
9 februari 2010
R. Van Roy, F. Van Den Eede, K. Peeters, C. Kenis, B.G.C. Sabbe, S.J. Claes

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background Bipolar I disorder (bp i) is a very debilitating psychiatric disorder which is frequently associated with comorbid psychiatric and somatic disorders. Many studies in other countries show strongly elevated prevalences of anxiety ...

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New research

Cognitive-behavioural therapy for primary insomnia: effectiveness in a clinical setting

ISSUE 2010/2
9 februari 2010
L. Van Houdenhove, B. Buyse, L. Gabriëls, I. Van Diest, O. Van den Bergh

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background The effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (cbt-i) has been demonstrated in randomised controlled trials (rct's) with primary insomnia patients and, more recently, with comorbid insomnia patients. The clinic...

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Review article

Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in the treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD

ISSUE 2010/2
9 februari 2010
A. Aben, M. Danckaerts

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background There is a growing trend towards the use of alternative forms of treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), such as the food supplements omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.
aim To study biochemical aspects, impo...

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Review article

Cognitive behavioural therapy for schizophrenia

ISSUE 2010/2
9 februari 2010
C.T. Smits, M. van der Gaag

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background The publication of the Dutch multidisciplinary guidelines Schizophrenia and the launching of the Breakthrough project on schizophrenia led by the Trimbos Institute in 2006 aroused considerable interest in the Netherlands for the...

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Short report

Screening of adults with schizophrenia for metabolic complications caused by atypical antipsychotics

ISSUE 2010/2
9 februari 2010
D. Cohen

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Mortality in schizophrenic patients is clearly higher than in the general population. One of the reasons is the higher prevalence of the lethal side-effects of antipsychotics: diabetic ketoacidosis, prolonged qt-c time and gastro-intestina...

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Case report

Hallucinations and vivid dreams by use of metoprolol

ISSUE 2010/2
9 februari 2010
A.I.A. Ahmed, P.J.W.B. van Mierlo, J.A. van Waarde, P.A.F. Jansen

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A 71-year-old man had had visual hallucinations and vivid dreams for two years after starting to take metoprolol. When metoprolol was replaced by atenolol the patient's symptoms disappeared within five days. Side-effects of beta-blockers o...

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Abstract

De rol van jeugdtraumata bij het chronischevermoeidheidssyndroom

ISSUE 2010/2
9 februari 2010
F. Van Den Eede, B. van Houdenhove
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Lamotrigine bij patiënten met schizofrenie die niet reageren op clozapine

ISSUE 2010/2
9 februari 2010
P.F.J. Schulte