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Editorial

Lessons from historic psychiatric records regarding the effects of antipsychotics?

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
M. Morrens
New research

Suicidal behaviour among prisoners: prevalence and association with psychological distress in Flemish prisons

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
L. Favril, F. Vander Laenen, K. Audenaert

background Internationally, the prevalence of suicidal behaviour (suicidal ideation, suicide plan and attempted suicide) is significantly elevated among prisoners compared to the community at large.
aim To estimate the prevalence of suicidal beh...

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New research

Forensic (flexible) assertive community treatment: client characteristics and treatment outcomes

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
L. Neijmeijer, J. Verwoerd, M. van Vugt, C. Place, H. Kroon

background (Flexible) Assertive community treatment ((f)act) is applied increasingly to forensic psychiatric clients. However, evidence about the effectiveness of forensic (f)act is scanty.
aim To investigate to what extent (subgroups of) client...

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Review article

Compulsory treatment in the community for persons in need of mental health care

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
D.A. de Waardt, F.M.M.A. van der Heijden

background Clinical admissions and inpatient services are increasingly replaced by enhanced community treatment in Western countries. Currently the Dutch mental health legislation is being revised, making compulsory community treatment a novel le...

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Short report

Prescribing psychotropic medication by the nurse practitioner in mental health care: an explorative study

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
E.D. Rookhuizen, B. Stringer, M.S. Huising, E. de Ruijter, B. van Meijel

background Since January 1, 2012, nurse practitioners (np) working in mental health care are allowed to prescribe psychotropic medication. So far, there has been very little research on the results of this decision that now let nps share with doc...

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Case report

Confusion caused by dietary supplement lithium orotate

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
G. van Weringh, E.B. Uitvlugt, G.H.M. Ponjee, G. M. jalink

A 38-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with pelvic inflammatory disease. She had been diagnosed as having a tubo-ovarian abscess, for which antibiotic therapy with metronidazole and levofloxacin was indicated. Because the patient was alr...

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Opinion

Over ROM en benchmarken; reactie van SBG op rapport van de Algemene Rekenkamer en de actie ‘Stop ROM’

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
E. de Beurs
Opinion

Red ROM als kwaliteitsinstrument

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
K. de Jong, B. Tiemens, M.J.P.M. Verbraak e.a.
Opinion

Van ‘stop ROM’ naar ‘hier met die ROM!’

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
R.A. Schoevers, A.T.F. Beekman
Opinion

Benchmarken: doodlopende weg onder het mom van ‘ROM’

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
J. van Os, J. Berkelaar, A. Hafkenscheid e.a.
Dutch-Flemish research

Kleinere hippocampus bij ouderen met depressie onafhankelijk van de ziekte van Alzheimer

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
F-L De Winter
Dutch-Flemish research

Hersenstructuur bij obsessieve-compulsieve stoornissen: van kwetsbaarheid tot ziektesporen

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
O.A. van den Heuvel
Psychiatry of the future

Versnelt een delier de neuropathologische processen bij dementie?

ISSUE 2017/4
4 april 2017
M. van Noorden, A. Schellekens
Letter to the editor

Are you for or against ROM?

ISSUE 2017/4
5 april 2017
A.M. van Hemert