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Editorial

Last neuro-psychiatrist erased

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
F.R.J. Verhey
New research

A multi-centre study of the reliability, validity and sensitivity to change of the HONOS65+ in psychiatry for older persons

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
M.J. Aartsen, A.K. Spitsbaard, C. van Baarsen, A.D.F. Dhondt, M. Mascini, A. Nefs, A. Snoeijers, M. van Diest, R. Wilting

background Within the mental health care services for older persons there is a growing need for insight into and evaluation of the results of clinical treatment. The Health of the Nations Outcome Scales 65+ (honos65+) is a promising instrument for...

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Review article

Fitness to drive in psychiatric patients; a review of the literature and consequences for daily practice

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
M.M. de Wolf

background A question that often arises in daily practice is whether a psychiatric patient should be considered as still fit to drive.
aim To describe the Dutch regulations concerning psychiatric patients’ fitness to drive and to evaluate the scien...

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Review article

The therapeutic value of physical exercise for people with schizophrenia

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
D. Vancampfort, J. Knapen, M. Probst, R. Van Winkel, J. Peuskens, K. Maurissen, H. Demunter, M. De Hert

background Only about 25% of people with schizophrenia follow the public health recommendations for a minimum of 150 minutes per week of moderate physical exercise. In their leisure time people diagnosed with schizophrenia take considerably less e...

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Essay

Is it acceptable to use placebos in depression research?

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
Y. Meesters, M.J. Ruiter, W.A. Nolen

The use of placebos in an investigation into the efficacy of a new type of treatment for winter depression was not approved by a medical ethics committee because some test subjects receiving placebos might thereby be deprived of an effective treat...

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Case report

Melancholia, psychomotor disturbance or depressed mood?

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
A. Dols, D. Rhebergen, P. Eikelenboom, M.L. Stek

Melancholia is a historical concept according to which the clinical condition is characterised by gloom, apprehension and psychomotor disturbance, vital symptoms and psychotic phenomena. The condition needs to be accurately diagnosed if treatment ...

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Case report

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) as a treatment for phantom limb pain

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
C.E. Flik, C. de Roos

A 68-year-old man, who had had phantom limb pain in his leg and foot for 27 years, was referred for emdr treatment. This case study shows that after 10 sessions of emdr the pain intensity had diminished from 10 to 1 (on a scale of 10). Further ses...

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Referaat

Voorspellende waarde van familiale voorgeschiedenis voor ziekte-ernst bij depressie, angst, alcohol- en drugsafhankelijkheid

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
K. Mellebeek, G. Pieters
Referaat

Toevoeging van mirtazapine vergroot antipsychotisch effect van typische antipsychotica

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
H. de Vries
Letter to the editor

Reaction on ‘A psychodynamic approach to self-harm in patients with a borderline personality disorder’

ISSUE 2010/8
6 augustus 2010
W. Vandereycken
Letter to the editor

Reaction on ‘Follow-up of the MTAstudy in children with ADHD: what do the data tell us, and what not?’

ISSUE 2010/8
10 augustus 2010
E.H. Nieweg
Letter to the editor

Reaction on ‘Antipsychotics and metabolic abnormalities in children and adolescents; a review of the literature and some recommendations’

ISSUE 2010/8
10 augustus 2010
D. Cohen, M. De Hert