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G. Hellinga

The 'morals' of psychotherapy - an excursion to 1914

W. Vandereycken

The book Traite Pratique de Psychotherapie (1914) by an unknown French physician, Charles Burlureaux, is used as a witness of the situation of psychotherapy in France before World War I. It is a period in which leading psychiatrist wanted to break...

The psychiatrist and Kraepelin

W. van Tilburg

Summary: In our time Kraepelin's way of thinking has been actualised by the influential neo- Kraepelinian school in American psychiatry. Its hallmark is the emphasis put on the application of the concept 'disease entity' in psychiatry. Its most c...

Psychiatry and psychoanalysis

L. van Eck

Summary:
For the development of psychiatry both empirical research and the development of
the hermeneutic stance is of importance. In the view presented in this article,
psychoanalysis can offer an adequate frame of reference for hermeneutic activit...

Looking back and looking ahead in forensic psychiatry

F.H.L. Beyaert

Summary: In this paper some historical reasons are mentioned for the good mutual understanding in the Netherlands between the magistracy and the forensic experts. Some vignettes illustrate how the magistracy closely followed the development of th...

Long-term consequences of catastrophic traumatic experiences

R. Giel

Summary:
During three professional visits to Gaza and the West Bank; Leninakan, Armenia; and the area around Chernobyl, USSR, observations were made regarding posttraumatic reactions to the emergency-situations in the three areas. These situations ...

The `Laius Motif' in the work of Graham Greene

R.A. Pierloot

In the psychoanalytic tradition rivalry and even murderous impulses of a son towards his father have been considered as the source of father-son conflicts. But since a few years attention has been called to an aggressive component in the father to...

Psychoanalysis and the theatre

J.A. Groen

Summary:
Already in Freud's early publications there is a close relationship between psychoanalyses and theatre, especially from the point of view of psychoanalysis. In this Oedipus Rex, Hamlet and other plays by Shakespeare have played an import...

The leader's suffering

J.C.B. Eykman

Summary: The leader's suffering
On the basis of a case history, three hypotheses are being formulated:
1. leadership is not everybody's job;
2. not only has the leader to be be able to cope with loneliness, but also he has to take a certain amount of...

Editorial

Neurostimulation and localization

Positive life events and mood disorders: longitudinal evidence for a chaotic life-course hypothesis

G. Overbeek, A. Vermulst, R. de Graaf, M. ten Have, R. Engels, R. Scholte

summary
background In psychiatric research it is often assumed that detrimental effects of negative life events on mental health can be buffered by a number of positive life events. However, there is no convincing empirical evidence that this assum...

New research

Group treatment of violent adolescents at a forensic psychiatric clinic: first results

R.H.J. Hornsveld, F.W. Kraaimaat

summary
background Up till now in the Netherlands no controlled studies haven been published regarding the effect of outpatient treatment of violent adolescents at a psychiatric clinic.
aim To investigate in an explanatory study the results of gro...

Review article

Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment for depression

D.J.L.G. Schutter

summary
background The high incidence of depressive disorder in the Netherlands calls for additional forms of therapy. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms) is a form of non-invasive brain stimulation that has been investigated in the last 15 y...

Essay

A theoretical model for transcultural psychiatry

F. Kortmann

summary
background Patients of non-Western origin quite often fail to complete their course of treatment. The reasons are generally unclear. aim To suggest ways of tackling the problems in transcultural psychiatric practice.
method A theoretical m...

Case report

Can I have some sunshine to cheer me up? Vitamin D deficiency and depression in the elderly

S.C. Stalpers-Konijnenburg, R.M. Marijnissen, A.B. Gaasbeek, R.C. Oude Voshaar

summary
Vitamin D deficiency is very common in the elderly, and the geriatric patient is probably at even greater risk. Vitamin D plays an important role in calcium homeostasis; recent studies point to a possible causal link between vitamin D defi...

Case report

‘Histrionic personality disorder with regression and conversion’: a meningioma

A.M.L. Oude Elberink, M.S. Oudijn, V.I.H. Kwa, H.L. Van

summary
A 47-year-old woman, who was believed to be suffering from histrionic personality disorder with regression and conversion, was finally diagnosed with a frontal meningioma. Patients with meningiomas can present with a variety of psychiatric ...

Abstract

Behandeling van fragiele-X-syndroom met acamprosaat: een revolutionaire ontwikkeling?

Risico op recidief na snelle versus graduele afbouw van antidepressiva

Omega-3-vetzuren bij de behandeling van depressie