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Editorial

Onderzoek de toekomst

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
L. de Haan
New research

Dose-escalation of SSRIS in major depressive disorder. Should not be recommended in current guidelines

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
H.G. Ruhé, J. Booij, H.C. van Weert, J.B. Reitsma, E.J. Franssen, M.C. Michel, A. Schene

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background In cases where patients with unipolar depression do not respond to a standard dose of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris), treatment guidelines often recommend a higher dose. A systematic review of the literature reve...

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Review article

Pharmacological treatment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia; research and practice

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
V.C.R. Jiawan, J. Arends, C.J. Slooff, H. Knegtering

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background Negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia predict a worse social outcome. The treatment options for negative symptoms are extremely limited. Various treatment strategies have been studied in which several types of medicati...

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Essay

Normal or pathological? – The view of Georges Canguilhem (1904-1995)

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
B. Verhoeff

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The distinction between normality and pathology is discussed on the basis of the views expressed in the work of the medical doctor and philosopher, Georges Canguilhem (1904-1995). Canguilhem shows that the distinction cannot be made at a bi...

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Commentary

A valuable vision on pathology

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
C.F.A. Milders
Short report

Clients using the youth mental health services in The Hague are not an ethnic reflection of the youth of that city; bias not by social economic status but by ethnic origin

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
A.E. Boon, A.M. de Haan, S.B.B. de Boer

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background Young people who are born outside the Netherlands (or have at least one parent born outside the Netherlands) make less use of the mental health services than one might expect.
aim To find out whether the under-use of these service...

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Commentary

Less use of mental health services by youth of non-Dutch origin – beyond a statistical correlation

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
W.A. Veling
Short report

The problem of careless respondents in surveys

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
H. Merckelbach, T. Giesbrecht, M. Jelicic, T. Smeets

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background A substantial proportion of psychiatric research is based on surveys that rely on self-report scales. Little is known about careless respondents in such surveys.
aim To explore to what extent careless respondents may bias the out...

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Commentary

Careless respondents in surveys and the contribution of research to the progress in health care

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
P. Cuijpers
Abstract

Onderhoudsbehandeling bij bipolaire stoornis: valproïnezuur, lithium of beide?

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
S.R.T. Veerman, P.F.J. Schulte
Letter to the editor

Reaction on ‘Apathy’

ISSUE 2010/9
7 september 2010
D.J. Vinkers, R.C. van der Mast