Issue

W.M.A. Verhoeven, J.I.M. Egger, E.A.M. Wingbermühle, M.K.F. Schneider

summary

background Psychiatric disorders can be interpreted as a general dysregulation of the interplay between brain and behaviour. This is why, since the late 1990’s, the terms biological psychiatry and behavioural neurology have been gradually ...

Commentary

What is neuropsychiatry?

Multidimensional family therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in adolescents with a cannabis use disorder: a randomised controlled study

V.M. Hendriks, E. van der Schee, P. Blanken

Summary

background More and more adolescents with cannabis problems are seeking treatment at addiction clinics. There is an urgent need for new types of treatment in this field.
aim To evaluate the effectiveness of multidimensional family therapy ...

Review article

Predictive methods versus clinical titration for the initiation of lithium therapy. A systematic review

I. Geeraerts, P. Sienaert

Summary

background When lithium is administered, the clinician needs to know when the lithium in the patient’s blood has reached a therapeutic level. At the initiation of treatment the level is usually achieved gradually through the application of...

Review article

The role of sleep in ADHD: Possibilities for prevention of ADHD?

M. Arns

SUMMARY

background Personalized medicine aims to provide the right treatment for the right person at the right time, as opposed to the currently employed ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. This development relies on identification of adhd subgroups usi...

Short report

Results of the ABC ‘ buddy project’ whereby students were paid to befriend worryingly inactive youngsters with a psychotic disorder

T.F. van Wel, D. Kleijzen, T. Franse, T. Rusting

SUMMARY

background Psychology students (‘buddies’) could earn € 25,- by visiting a patient, on one afternoon or evening per week, in order to provide friendship and engage the patient in a joint activity. An additional sum of € 20,- was made avai...

Short report

Taperingstrips for paroxetine and venlafaxine

P.C. Groot

Summary
background Tapering strips can be used for the gradual reduction of the dose of certain types of drugs such as antidepressants and benzodiazepines. The strips contain a slightly lower dose on each consecutive day. This prevents the withdra...

Case report

Development of (hypo)mania during discontinuation of venlafaxine in two patients with bipolar disorder

L.M. Tak, A.W.M.M. Stevens

Summary

The scientific literature frequently warns that patients with bipolar disorder risk developing a (hypo)mania on starting a course of antidepressants. In this case report, however, two patients with bipolar disorder developed a (hypo)mani...

Fluoxetine onderdrukt graft-versus-hostziekte bij muizen door T-celimmunosuppressie

V. Gobin

BDNF-serumspiegels als perifere manifestatie van ‘depressie’?

M.L. Molendijk

Weerbaar of kwetsbaar: een kwestie van aanpassing aan de uitkomst van gen-omgevingsinteractie

E.R. de Kloet

Sneller beter door collaborative stepped care

Empirisch onderzoek ondersteunt suïcidepreventie

H. Debruyne, G. Pieters

Abstract

Gebruik van SSRI’s tijdens de zwangerschap en het risico op doodgeboorte en neonatale sterfte

J. Rivière, F. Van Den Eede

Letter to the editor

Reaction on ‘An adolescent with autism and a somatic high-risk profile receiving treatment with antipsychotics refuses blood tests’