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T.A.M.J. van Amelsvoort, J.R. Zinkstok, A. Vogels, J. Wieland

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Wekelijks verschijnen er talloze nieuwe publicaties in de wetenschappelijke psychiatrie-vakbladen. Voor de psychiater (i.o.) uit de dagelijkse praktijk maakt het Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie in deze rubriek een selectie van recent verschenen publi...Read more

Psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual disability or borderline intellectual disability: an introduction

K. Mosk, G. Degraeve

background Psychiatric disorders are also prevalent in people with intellectual disability and borderline intellectual disability.
aim To provide an introduction of the organisation of care and its development for people with intellectual dis...

Recognition and diagnosis in the intellectually impaired in mental health care

J.G. Nieuwenhuis

background Recognition of intellectual abilities of a patient is essential for good treatment. However, this may be hard to achieve, even by experienced professionals.
aim To educate professionals how to detect and diagnose intellectual impai...

Focus on borderline intellectual functioning in mental health care

J. Wieland

background In mental health care in the Netherlands, there is rarely a focus on people with a borderline intellectual functioning as a separate group. However, borderline intellectual functioning appears to be an important vulnerability for the d...

Decision-making competence in patients with an intellectual disability

I.M. Hein, J. Raymaekers, E. Kres, B.J.M. Frederiks

background Mental competence is a complex concept within the contexts of ethics, law, psychology and medicine. Competency is a prerequisite for giving informed consent for a medical intervention. It has long been wrongly thought that people with ...

Somatic comorbidity in children and adults with intellectual disability and mental health problems.

A.M. van Eeghen, S.A. Huisman, G. van Goethem, E. Boot

background People with intellectual disability (id) frequently suffer from somatic and psychiatric comorbidity. Somatic morbidity can be the cause and the result of mental health problems. Timely diagnosis and interdisciplinary management are ess...

Behavioral phenotypes and recent developments in genetic technologies

K. Vermeulen, A. Vogels

background Recent developments in genetic technologies make it possible to find a causative genetic defect in about 60% of patients diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders. A genetic etiology may provide insight into associated psychopatholog...

Practical guidelines for prescribing psychotropic medication to people with intellectual disability

G. de Kuijper, G. Degraeve, J.R. Zinkstok

background In people with intellectual disability (id) prescription of psychotropic drugs is often chronic and outside licensed indications.
aim To provide practical strategies for prescribing psychotropic drugs in people with id.
method ...

Original research

Effect of psychotherapy for persons with an intellectual disability, and required adjustments

P.S. Sterkenburg, J.H. Braakman

background The prevalence of psychological problems in people with (visual and) intellectual disabilities is high and therefore there is a substantial need for adequate psychological treatment.
aim To examine the effectiveness of psychotherap...

Clinical practice

Substance use disorder in individuals with mild intellectual disabilities; collaboration needed

J.E.L. Vandernagel, N. van Duijvenbode, S.W.L. van Horsen

background Individuals with a mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning (mbid) are at risk for psychiatric disorders, including addictive disorders. Treatment of these disorders is often complicated by co-morbidity, as w...

Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in people with intellectual disability

A. van den Brink, T. van Turnhout, E. Aldenkamp

background Patients with borderline intellectual functioning (bif) or intellectual disability (id) are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). However, co-occurrence of bif/id and ptsd symptoms often leads to exclusion for t...

The importance for the criminal justice system of recognizing mild and borderline intellectual disabilities

H.L. Kaal

background There is a growing interest in de presence of people with mild and borderline intellectual disabilities (mbid) in de criminal justice system in The Netherlands.
aim To present an overview of the current knowledge regarding the prev...

The role of the context in dealing with aggression of psychiatric patients with mild intellectual disabilities

M. Knotter, A. Willems, X. Moonen

background Mild intellectual disabilities (mid) are underdiagnosed in psychiatric institutions. Aggression is a problem in patients with mid admitted in psychiatric institutions.
aim To clarify the background of aggression problems and to giv...

Mental health care for people with borderline intellectual functioning or intellectual disabilities