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L.F.M. van der Post, C.L. Mulder, C.M.H. Bernardt, R.A. Schoevers, A.T.F. Beekman, J.J.M. Dekker

Summary
background This article presents initial data from the Amsterdam Study of Acute Psychiatry (asap) which investigated the factors that play a role in the decision to admit a patient compulsorily to a psychiatric clinic in the Amsterdam are...

New research

Risk assessment of violent women: development of the ‘Female Additional Manual’ (FAM)

V. de Vogel, M. de Vries Robbé, W. van Kalmthout, C. Place

Summary
background Violence perpetrated by women is a growing problem. Research has shown that the risk factors associated with women differ from those associated with men and that the risk assessments currently in use are not adequate for predic...

Commentary

Are men really from Mars and women from Venus?

Suicide prevention via the internet and the telephone: 113Online

J.K. Mokkenstorm, A. Huisman, A.J.F.M. Kerkhof

Summary
background 113Online is a combination of a website and a telephone help-line for suicidal persons, their relatives and bereaved next of kin. The services it provides include crisis intervention, self-tests and brief psychotherapy.
aim To ...

Review article

Pathological hoarding by children and adolescents

L. Aerts, E.P.C.J. Janssen, N.J.J.F. Janssen, L.H. Boogaard, J.M.C. Fincken, L.P.A. Voogd, G.Th.J. van Well, J.N.M. Schieveld

Summary
background There is a dearth of knowledge and understanding concerning hoarding by children and adolescents. Psychiatrists need to know more about the phenomenon of hoarding since it can be a marker of psychopathology and it sometimes is ...

Review article

Neurotoxicity in elderly patients being treated with lithium: is there a reason to adjust the dosage administered?

C.H.M. Bogers, M.L. Boshuisen, J.S. Kok, H. Knegtering

Summary
background Neurotoxicity can occur in patients being treated with lithium. Features are cognitive dysfunctioning and motor symptoms. Some results of research performed on adults up to the age of 65 indicate that lithium can cause mild cogn...

Short report

Pills for the Psyche. Neuro-enhancement among psychiatrists, trainees and other doctors in the Netherlands – an explanatory study

S.J. Timmer, G. Glas

Summary
background Psychotropic drugs are being used increasingly for the purpose of neuroenhancement. A survey conducted by Nature revealed that neuro-enhancing drugs were also being used quite widely by non-medical academics.
aim To investigat...

Short report

An inpatient version of mentalisation-based treatment for patients with cluster A personality disorders

J. Blom, S. Colijn

background Despite the severity of their disorder, only a few patients suffering from cluster A personality problems are admitted to mental health care facilities for appropriate treatment. A review of the international literature on the treatment...

Case report

Clinical treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with serious dual diagnosis problems

L.W.J. van Rens, G.H. de Weert-van Oene, A.A. van Oosteren, C. Rutten

Summary
Three patients with severe addiction problems, early sexual trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) comorbid psychotic vulnerability and personality problems received integrated treatment following admission to a clinic specialising ...

Plasmaclusterine en het risico op de ziekte van Alzheimer

E.M.C. Schrijvers, M.M.B. Breteler

Regels van ouders en alcoholgebruik van adolescenten

S.H.W. Mares

Negatieve levensgebeurtenissen en depressie; de complexiteit ontrafeld

M. Wichers

Psychotherapie voor posttraumatische stressstoornis: directe vergelijking van twee behandelingen

Zorgcontinuïteit en gebruik van antipsychotica; verwarrende verbanden in registerstudie

A.B.P. Staring, C.L. Mulder

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Patiënten met een borderlinepersoonlijkheidsstoornis; beloop over tien jaar

Reaction on ‘Reorganisation of the mental health services in Belgium in 2011. Will this lead to better care for patients with a serious mental illness?’