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The ethical duty to treat children and adolescents with autism and catatonia

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
P. Sienaert
New research

Psychopathology and recidivism among violent offenders with a dual diagnosis. A comparison with other subgroups of violent offenders

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
J.E. van Horn, M.J. Eisenberg, S. van Kuik, G.M. van Kinderen

Summary
background Offenders with a dual diagnose (dd) are more likely than other offenders to repeat delinquent behavior.
aim To investigate whether male violent offenders with substance-related disorders and co-occurring disorders differed from ...

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New research

Homicide committed by psychotic defendants in the Netherlands

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
M.C.A. Liem, D.J. Vinkers

 Summary
background Psychotic patients are 10 to 20 times more likely to commit homicide than persons in the general population. Internationally, the incidence of homicides committed by psychotic defendants is 0.02-0.36 per 100.000 inhabitants. So ...

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Review article

Neuro-endocrine correlates of burnout

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
J. Verhaeghe, F. Van Den Eede, H. Van Den Ameele, B.G.C. Sabbe

Summary
background The symptoms of burnout are similar to those of depression on the one hand and chronic fatigue syndrome on the other hand. However, the neuro-endocrine correlates of these two syndromes are the opposite, the former being a hyper...

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Review article

Chronotherapy for affective disorders

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
R. Lieverse, R.F. Riemersma-van der Lek, J.M. Voermans, W.J.G. Hoogendijk

background In the literature there is increasing interest in the chronobiology of affective disorders and in the most important chronotherapies for treating these disorders.
aim To discuss the background to and the main features of the most importa...

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Essay

ADHD and addiction: a complicated liaison

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
F. Matthys, S. Tremmery, M. Autrique, P. Joostens, D. Möbius, S. Stes, B.G.C. Sabbe

SUMMARY
background The presence of adhd has been linked to a 100% increase in a person’s chance of developing a substance use disorder. The prevalence of childhood and adult adhd in substance-abusing populations has been estimated to be three tim...

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Case report

Obsessive compulsive disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
A.M.G. de Pender, M.P. Lambregtse-van den Berg, M.E. Raats

Summary
Research into psychiatric illnesses during pregnancy and the postpartum period has focused primarily on mood disorders and psychosis. However, recent reports suggest that during pregnancy and the postpartum period psychiatric patients run a...

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Case report

The subclinical course of a paracetamol intoxication: pitfall for patient and clinician

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
W.A. van Leeuwen, J.H.M. Schellens, H.E. Becker, L. de Haan, R. van Westrhenen

Summary
A 24-year-old man took 20 grams of paracetamol during a hospital stay in the department of psychiatry. It was not until 60 hours later that therapy with acetylcysteine was initiated. Paracetamol intoxication has a long latency period. If th...

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Case report

Some reflections on body dysmorphic disorder by proxy

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
T. Gofers, I. Verhagen, T.K. Bouman

Summary
Body dysmorphic disorder by proxy is a body image disorder that causes considerable distress and discomfort to the patient and to his or her close relatives and friends. There have been hardly any publications on this topic and little is kn...

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Dutch-Flemish research

Vorming en retentie van stimulus-cocaïneassociaties in de hersenen

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
K. Nelissen
Dutch-Flemish research

Vergelijkbare effectiviteit van elektroconvulsietherapie bij bi- en unipolaire depressie

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
T. Birkenhäger
Dutch-Flemish research

De toegevoegde waarde van D-cycloserine bij de exposurebehandeling van posttraumatische stressstoornis

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
R. de Kleine
Abstract

Geestelijk ziek en toch niet ongelukkig

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
W. Soebhag, H. Hovens
Abstract

Antipsychoticagebruik beïnvloedt weefselverlies in de hersenen

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
S. Roza, N. van Beveren, C. Röder
Abstract

Preventie van paniekaanvallen en paniekstoornis bij COPD

ISSUE 2012/6
5 juni 2012
L. De Backer, G. Dom, B. Sabbe