Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie

ISSUE 1997/2 Themanummer Psychiatrische psychotherapie

Forensic psychotherapy, a form of psychiatric psychotherapy?

T.H. Que, H. Groen

The main question in this article is whether forensic psychotherapy is a form of psychiatric psychotherapy. By describing the forensic-psychotherapeutic practise in the Netherlands the answer to this question is affirmative. Forensic psychotherapy...

ISSUE 1997/2 Themanummer Psychiatrische psychotherapie

Out-patient psychotherapy for schizophrenic patients

A. Kaasenbrood, A.E.J.G. Wiersma

Seventy percent of the patients suffering from schizophrenia are seriously socially disabled. The majority of this group is permanently in need of psychiatric care. It is obvious that confining treatment to positive symptoms of the disease leads t...

ISSUE 1997/2 Themanummer Psychiatrische psychotherapie

Psychiatric psychotherapy for the elderly

T.J. Heeren, A.C.G. Linssen, J.D. Overduin, R.M. Kok

In the wake of the increasing interest in psychiatric illness in late life also specific psychotherapy for the elderly has been developed. Psychotherapeutic interventions for the elderly are partly based on existing therapies for younger adults an...

ISSUE 1997/2 Themanummer Psychiatrische psychotherapie

Psychiatrische psychotherapie bij somatiserende patiënten

A.E.M. Speckens, A.M. van Hemert

In this paper the psychological treatment of functional somatic symptoms is discussed. The first, and most important, step in the treatment is the engagement of the patient. The therapist needs to acknowledge the reality of the symptoms explicitly...

ISSUE 1997/2 Themanummer Psychiatrische psychotherapie

The indications and the methods of treatment for personality disorders

J.N. Voorhoeve

This article focuses on the question what the parameters are for the treatment of personality disorders. In other words: what are the considerations in the process of assessment for treatment and which treatment approach is indicated. Developments...

ISSUE 1997/2 Themanummer Psychiatrische psychotherapie

Psychiatric psychotherapy in a transcultural context

F.A.M. Kortmann

Universal or non-specific factors play an important role in the psychotherapeutic relationship. To a certain extent the psychiatrist has to respect the norms and values of his patient, his cultural beliefs regarding the cause of the illness and th...

ISSUE 1997/2 Themanummer Psychiatrische psychotherapie

Psychotherapy in the psychiatric training

P.J. Jongerius

Starting from the statement that psychiatry offers an excellent situation for learning psychotherapy, the grounds for this statement are amply elucidated. These favourable factors are successively: the fact that training takes place in the field, ...

Editorial

G. Hellinga, R.C. van der Mast

Psychiatry on the Internet

G. Pieters

Some psychiatric applications of the Internet are reviewed. Email, newsgroups and psychiatric websites on the World Wide Web are discussed, and some new problems, emerging from this new development, are mentioned.

Diagnosing defense mechanisms

H.L. Van, A. van 't Spijker, R.W. Trijsburg

The place of defense mechanisms in assessing personality in psychiatry is reviewed. After the introduction of the concept of defense by Freud, its development suggests an increasing relevance in clinical practice. In spite of the many difficulties...

Early intervention, social functioning, psychotic relapse and suicide of patients with recent onset schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

L. de Haan, D.H. Linszen, R. Gorsira

133 young patients (mean age 20,3) with recent onset schizophrenic disorders received an early intervention program. This early intervention included a combination of (1) pharmacotherapy, (2) psychoeducation to patients and parents, (3) an individ...

Psychic complaints and symptoms in outpatient veterans more than forty years after traumatic war experiences

B.J.N. Schreuder, W.Chr. Kleijn, H.H. Vogelaar, H.G.M. Rooijmans

The present study examined psychic and in particular posttraumatic complaints and symptoms in Dutch outpatient war veterans (n = 55). The objective was to describe current complaints and symptoms and to analyse their relationship with length of mi...

Kort signalement

Postscripta Behandelbeleid bij een eerste psychose

C.J. Slooff, F.J. Nienhuis, D. Wiersma

Letter to the editor

Postscripta Behandelbeleid na een eerste psychose

Postscripta Kanttekeningen bij de onderbouwing van het Consensusbeleid over de aanpak van een eerste psychose

VN-jaar van de ouderen 1999: naar een maatschappij (en GGz?) voor alle leeftijden

The psychiatrist and medical disciplinary jurisdiction

ISSUE 1998/12

F.A.M. Kortmann

Recently a study was published of all disciplinary decisions about professional activities of psychiatrists in the Netherlands between 1989 and 1997 (De psychiater in de medische tuchtrechtspraak 1989-1997). This article is a comment from a psychi...

Essay

The psychology of degeneration

ISSUE 1998/12

A.H.A.C. van Bakel

This article discusses the theoretical backgrounds of E. Kraepelin's clinical nosology. In accordance with his project of a scientific psychiatry, Kraepelin tried to corroborate his clinical categories by scientific means. The scientific theory us...

Editorial

36-urige werkweek

Psychiatric home care I

O.H. Brook, P. Gassman, F. van Hoof, J. van Weeghel

In the Netherlands the pursuit of a community based care results in mental health care being more and more delivered at the home of the client. The most recent version of this type of care is called 'psychiatric home care'. A qualitative survey of...

New research

Psychiatric home care II

F. van Hoof, J. van Weeghel, O.H. Brook, P. Gassman

In the Netherlands, the care for people with serious mental health problems is more and more offered in the clients home. The most recent version of this type of mental health care is called 'psychiatric home care'. This article presents the resul...

Review article

Predictive factors of chronicity of depression

J. Spijker, W.A. Nolen

In this article a literature review is presented on predictive factors of chronicity (duration two or more years) in major depressive episodes in adult populations. A chronic course occurs in 9% to 19% of the depressive patients. The most signific...

Psychiatric side effects of interferon and other cytokines: A review of the literature