Issue

I.M. van der Steenstraten, R.A. Achilles

Permanent cerebellar sequelae are infrequent severe side effects of treatment with lithium, even at therapeutic lithium levels (lower than 1.2 mmol/l). Unfamiliarity with this phenomenon can lead to a wrong diagnosis such as conversion, as will be...

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Geweld en psychotische ziekte'

ISSUE 2001/4

3 februari 2004

H.L.I. Nijman, H.W. Cuperus, M.A. Polak

Editorial

Weten en vergeten

Overstrain: A sea of complaints or a source of research?

A.J.M. Smith

background In literature many symptoms are related to overstrain or 'surmenage'. Moreover, these symptoms refer to many different diagnoses. This is in sharp contrast with the increasing sophistication of psychiatric classification, making the use...

Essay

From danger to risk: Managing instead of warning

H.J.C. van Marle

Assessing risk before leave and termination of forensic treatment is very important because of the big consequences for society and the patient himself. The usual clinical examination by a psychiatrist or a psychologist depends very much on the se...

Gender differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

A.H. Veefkind

background There is a lack of information about differences in the treatment responses of men and women to drugs because hitherto women have been underrepresented in clinical trials. It is becoming increasingly clear that the recommended dosage of...

Fitting Medical Care

Paul Hodiamont

background In medicine guidelines are considered important tools for quality improvement that might also attribute to cost control.
aims This hypothesis was tested in the research project 'Fitting Medical Care' of the Royal Dutch Medical Society. ...

Short report

Differences in psychiatric illness between first en second generation Turks applying for treatment in a psychiatric outpatient clinic in the Netherlands

Y. Güzelcan, M.W.J. Koeter, R.H.H. Lanting

A group of Turkish outpatients who sought treatment for mental health problems in a general psychiatric hospital were divided into first and second generation Turks. Based on their medical records, we compared their intragenerational and intergene...

Case report

A man with amnestic disorder and psychotic symptoms caused by Behç;ets's disease

A.L.C. de Vries, I.M. van Vliet

A young man with amnestic disorder and psychotic symptoms of unknown origin was found to be suffering from Behçet's disease. This is a multi-organ disease in which oral aphtae occur together with vasculitis-like defects in several other organs. If...

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Vaardigheden en zorgvuldigheid bij alternatieven voor hulp bij zelfdoding'

Reactie op Tholen naar aanleiding van 'Vaardigheden en zorgvuldigheid bij alternatieven voor hulp bij zelfdoding'

Reactie op redactioneel januari 2001 'Het Groene Huis' (1)

Reactie op ingezonden van mevrouw W. Hoogendam-Lanting

Reactie op redactioneel januari 2001 'Het Groene Huis (2)'

Reactie op redactioneel januari 2001 'Het Groene Huis' (3)

Psychiatrie en Opleiding in Vlaanderen

Multidisciplinary pain center: Trend or model?

C.E. Flik, W.A. van der Kloot, H. Koers, M. Huisman

background There is an extensive debate in the literature on the relation between chronic pain and psychopathology.
aims To assess the severity of pain and psychopathology, and the possible relations between the somatic and psychiatric complaints ...

State-of-the-art-article

Somatoform disorders

B. van Houdenhove

background The dsm-iv category 'somatoform disorders' is currently a matter of serious debate.
aims Reviewing the recent literature on this domain, in an epidemiological, conceptual-diagnostic, etiological/pathogenetic and therapeutic perspective....

Weight gain and antipsychotic drugs

J.M. van Bruggen, D.H. Linszen, P.M.A.J. Dingemans, B.P.R. Gersons

background Weight gain is a side effect of antipsychotic drugs. It can lead to non-compliance, which has a negative influence on the course of schizophrenia.
aims In this review article various theories about the mechanisms to explain this weight ...

Functional neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies in obsessive compulsive disorders

M.M.A. Nielen, J.A. den Boer

background There is a growing interest for the role of brain functions in the pathogenesis of obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd).
aims Most studies are made up of functional neuroimaging and neuropsychological research in ocd. This article gives ...

Short report

Aberrations in the cell membrane phospholipid structure of patients with schizophrenia

A.M. Vos, E. Hoencamp, P.M.J. Haffmans

Aberrations in the phospholipid structure of neuronal cell membranes of schizophrenic patients and suppletion with fish oil as form of treatment or even prevention of schizophrenia are currently actual (again) in schizophrenia research. This resea...

Case report

A patient with the diagnosis bipolar disorder

J. Vink

A patient is described who was treated under the diagnosis schizoaffective disorder. According to dsm-iv now a bipolar disorder with mood-incongruent psychotic features should be classified. The historical backgrounds of this change are discussed....

Editorial

Het Groene Huis

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An occupational risk for therapists?

ISSUE 2001/1