Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie

J. Van Hecke, S. De Bruyne, B. Sabbe

background Over the past few years the DSM-system was the subject of discussion in several leading journals. Recently, a review of Jongedijk summarised this by putting side by side the different advantages and disadvantages that were discussed in ...

Essay

Ulysses Arrangements: autonomy, coercion or care?

I. Gremmen, A. Beekman, S. Sevenhuijsen, G.A.M. Widdershoven, R. Zuijderhoudt

background The Dutch cabinet considers changing the law in order to provide for the opportunity to make Ulysses arrangements (Ulysses contracts) in psychiatry. A Ulysses arrangement would entail a client's deliberate and freely given consent that,...

Internet-artikel

Suicide and the internet: a discussion of Dutch websites

G. Degraeve, G. Pieters

summary Starting from publications about suicide and the internet, we checked which Dutch sites about suicide are available on the internet. With the use of the meta-search engine Ixquick, 45 different websites were found. These were visited, clas...

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Een patiënte met een manische episode na gebruik van een afslankmiddel'

E.A.M. Knoppert-van der Klein, W.A. Nolen

3 februari 2004

Editorial

Genderspecificiteit in de psychiatrie

3 februari 2004

N.J. Nicolaï

New research

Gender differences in mental disorders, consequences and service utilisation

M. ten Have, C. Schoemaker, W.A.M. Vollebergh

background Little is known about to what extent the results on gender/sex differences in mental disorders and help seeking behaviour from American and Canadian studies have more general validity to the Netherlands.
aim To determine gender/sex diff...

Depression: gender differences in prevalence, clinical features and treatment response

C.M.T. Gijsbers van Wijk

summary Depression is twice as common in women as in men. Aside from artefactual determinants, this gender difference is caused by biological, psychological and social factors. Clinical features (symptoms, severity, course and comorbidity) differ ...

New research

Gender bias and personality disorders

R. Verheul

background The introduction of the DSM-III in 1980 has resulted in ideological controversy about possible gender biases that might threaten the validity of psychiatric diagnoses, particularly personality disorders .
aim To critically review the sc...

Gender and somatization

A.M.M. Kolk

summary Current opinions on gender and somatization are in need of a critical consideration. After all, prevalence studies are not without gender bias. The idea that women in particular express their emotional problems in somatic complaints is ins...

Mood disorders during pregnancy and post partum period

E.A.M. Knoppert-van der Klein, I.M. van Vliet, C.J. Sleeboom-van Raaij

summary Prevalences of depression during and outside of pregnancy are roughly equal. The relapse frequency of bipolar disorder is possibly lower during pregnancy. In the post partum period women are very vulnerable to the occurrence (recurrence) o...

Gender differences and psychopathology in children and adolescents

E.F. van den Ban, J.K. Buitelaar

summary This article is a review on two selected child and adolescent psychiatric diseases: ADHD(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and autism. Possible gender differences in epidemiology, comorbidity, genetic background, prognosis and trea...

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Neurotische excoriaties en de obsessieve compulsieve stoornis'

3 februari 2004

D. Denys

Editorial

Bijscholing

Depression in men and women: sex differences in treatment outcomes of farmacotherapy and combined therapy

C.M.T. Gijsbers van Wijk, J. Dekker, J. Peen, F. de Jonghe

background Gender has emerged from the literature as an important determinant of the prevalence, clinical presentation, and possibly the treatment response of major depression.
aim The present study aimed to explore gender differences in the accep...

Lack of insight in schizophrenic patients: a review

N. Robben, M. De Hert, J. Peuskens

background Lack of insight is a common clinically used and examined concept.
aim This review gives an overview of the research which studied the different variables associated with insight.
method The different studies were collected by means of M...

Hydrocortisone in depression: too high, too low or untimely?

J. Korf

background Twenty years ago Carroll and coworkers published a classic paper on the value of the dexamethason suppression test in depression. That paper led to several additional investigations on the significance of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adre...

Attention for the children of mothers admitted to psychiatric units: a dossier study

J. Joossens, G. Pieters, S. Joos

background The psychiatric admission of a mother has a strong impact on children and often upsets family life. In psychiatric practice, little attention is paid to possible negative effects of such an admission for the children.
aim To find out wh...

Behavioral changes during forensic psychiatric hospitalisation

H. Nijman, C. de Kruyk, Ch. van Nieuwenhuizen

summary On the basis of repeated REHAB measurements (rehabilitation Evaluation Hall And Baker), behavioural changes during forensic psychiatric treatment in de Kijvelanden are evaluated. In addition, this study explores whether psychotic patients'...

Case report

Electroconvulsive therapy in a 15-year-old girl

K.M.L.G.E. Felix, W.W. van den Broek, C.G. Reichart

summary A 15-year-old girl, with medication resistent nihilistic delusions, suicidality and cachexia (severe loss of weight with rejection of food and drinks) was admitted instantly. Electroconvulsive therapy gave substantial improvement of her cl...

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Neurotische excoriaties en de obsessieve compulsieve stoornis'

Evidence-based medicine

Does the prevalence of psychiatric disorders increase with urbanisation?

ISSUE 2002/4

J. Peen, R.V. Bijl, J. Spijker, J. Dekker

background There is a positive correlation between mental health service utilisation and levels of urbanisation. The 'Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study' (NEMISIS) shows that psychiatric morbidity is higher in urban municipalitie...

New research

Psychotherapy and/or antidepressants with depression: a randomised study

ISSUE 2002/4