Issue

R.C. Oude Voshaar, J.P.J. Slaets

2 augustus 2012

New research

Personality traits in adults with autism spectrum disorders measured by means of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI)

R. Vuijk, P.F.A. de Nijs, S.G. Vitale, M. Simons-Sprong, M.W. Hengeveld

Summary
background There is growing interest in autism spectrum disorders (asd) in adulthood. Someone can be diagnosed with asd, but the diagnosis tells us very little about the patient’s temperament, character and personality. Comparatively littl...

Review article

Cognitive dysfunction in bipolar disorder: determinants and functional outcome

M.J. Eldering, S. Schouws, B. Arts, N. Jabben

Summary
background Research into the nature and extent of cognitive dysfunction in patients suffering from bipolar disorder has increased greatly over the last 10 years because the dysfunction is known to persist even if the mood symptoms are in ...

Review article

The importance of movement-directed interventions in the multidisciplinary treatment of binge eating disorder: an overview

D. Vancampfort, J. Vanderlinden, G. Pieters, A. De Herdt, A. Schueremans, A. Adriaens, W. Van Der Borght, M. De Hert, M. Probst

background More than three out of four persons with binge eating disorder do not get enough physical exercise.
aim To collect scientific evidence of the effects and benefits that movement and physical exercise can have on persons with a binge eati...

Essay

The dual process model of addiction. Towards an integrated model?

R. Vandermeeren, M. Hebbrecht

Summary
background Neurobiology and cognitive psychology have provided us with a dual process model of addiction. According to this model, behavior is considered to be the dynamic result of a combination of automatic and controlling processes. In ...

Short report

Exercise-promoting interventions for encouraging people with schizophrenia to take physical exercise

W.G. ter Meulen, L. de Haan

Summary
background Physical activity is of therapeutic value for people with schizophrenia. However, only a small percentage of them is physically active.
aim To provide an overview, based on scientific evidence, of effective aspects of exercise-p...

Case report

The Kleine-Levin syndrome and the treatment with methylphenidate

S.H.A. Brouns, J. Schieveld, C. Leue

Summary
A 17-year-old man was referred to the Med-Psych-Unit because of recurrent episodes of hypersomnia, megaphagia, hypersexual behaviour and cognitive disturbances. Over the period of three years he suffered more than 10 episodes of hypersomn...

Alle patiënten met een eerste psychose een MRI-scan? Niet nodig!

2 augustus 2012

Iris Sommer

Vroege detectie van psychose bij hulpzoekenden met verkorte ‘Prodromal Questionnaire’ of ‘Ervaringenlijst’ (PQ-16)

Helga Ising

Risicogenen voor alcoholafhankelijkheid verlagen de gevoeligheid voor dopamine

Arnt Schellekens

Tweelingonderzoek met MRI naar genetisch profiel van bipolaire stoornis en schizofrenie

Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol

Abstract

Emotionele kwetsbaarheid bij borderlinepersoonlijkheidsstoornissen wordt gemoduleerd door traumatisering

Karolien Ieven, Rudi Vermote

2 augustus 2012

Abstract

Een gerandomiseerd onderzoek naar risperidonadditie bij posttraumatische stressstoornis met onvoldoende reactie op antidepressiva

Antidepressivagebruik vermindert het risico op suïcide en suïcidepogingen

Karolien Ieven, Guido Pieters

Letter to the editor

Reaction on ‘Assisted suicide in psychiatry; current situation and notes on a recent case’

Reaction on ‘Emergency compulsory admission in crisis situations; the Amsterdam Study of Acute Psychiatry’

Reaction on ‘Homicide committed by psychotic defendants in the Netherlands’

De paginanummering in het papieren nummer 7 (juli 2012) is onjuist; de nummering op de site van het Tijdschrift is wel correct (www.tijdschriftvoorpsychiatrie. nl), evenals de vermelding in Pub- Med.