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Conversion disorder: for the neurologist, the psychiatrist or both?

M. Vermeulen, J.A. Swinkels

ROM in mental health care: treatment outcomes of both generic and disorder specific instruments in patients with anxiety disorders; a cohort study

M.A. Nugter, G.P. Oosterdijk, A.A.P. van Emmerik

background In routine outcome monitoring (rom) generic instruments are often used to measure outcomes. This could hamper the clinical use of these instruments and lead to a possible underestimation of treatment outcomes.
aim To examine whether th...

Towards personalized child and adolescent psychiatry care by using routinely registered data from everyday clinical practice

M. Zwaanswijk, H. Klip, A. Laurenssen, R.R.J.M. Vermeiren

background Studying differences in the course and treatment effects of psychiatric disorders between subgroups of patients can provide suggestions to improve everyday clinical practice.
aim To illustrate how routinely registered data from chi...

Brua and psychiatry: A pilot study among Dutch-Antillean patients in the Netherlands

S.N. Rhuggenaath, J.D. Blom

9 november 2018

background Individuals native to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, the abc islands of the former Netherlands Antilles, often attribute their complaints to brua, although they seldom discuss this with health professionals. This may have a negative infl...

Review article

rTMS for treatment resistant depression – proposal for a treatment protocol

S.M. van Belkum, M.K. de Boer, G-J. Taams, D.J.L.G. Schutter, A. Aleman, R.A. Schoevers, B.C.M. Haarman

background At present, the use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms) for treatment-resistant depression is sufficiently substantiated to be applied in clinical practice. In the Netherlands, it will be reimbursed when offered in c...

Essay

Vision on man, vision on addiction: a multiple view of problems and recovery

E. Blaauw, G. Anthonio, M. van der Meer-Jansma, A. van den Bos

background The way we look at addiction has changed dramatically over the past decades. Currently, the brain disease model is the leading model in the biomedical scientific literature. However, this model has been severely criticized and seems to...

Clinical practice

Discontinuing venlafaxine by switching to fluoxetine

P.M. Bet, I.O. Köktaş, M. Bergh

Patients wanting to discontinue their antidepressant use may experience antidepressant discontinuation syndrome (ads). This is characterized by symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches and sweating. Withdrawal symptoms can discourag...

Clinical practice

Oppositional behavior in a 14-year-old boy as a first clinical symptom of Wilson’s disease

M. de Meulenaere, J. de Meulenaere

A 14-year-old boy was referred to the child and adolescent psychiatry department due to an increase in oppositional behavior. The psychiatric history revealed that he was also suffering from dysarthria, excessive salivation and a decline in acade...

Dutch-Flemish research

Depressie bij ouderen

Prognostische factoren voor terugkeer naar werk na depressiegerelateerde arbeidsongeschiktheid

T. Houtsma, C. Boerhout, R.A. Schoevers, M.J. Eldering

Psychiatry of the future

Voorkomen van opnames bij bipolaire stoornis: wat is de effectiviteit van medicatie?

R. Wesseloo, L. van Diermen

Letter to the editor

Reaction on ‘Antipsychotics against delirium?’

The ‘-omics’ within psychiatry: enrichment of an atheoretical research approach

Gedwongen behandeling van mensen met een psychiatrische stoornis in de thuissituatie

D.A. de Waardt, F.M.M.A. van der Heijden

ACHTERGROND In steeds meer landen wordt bij de behandeling van mensen met een psychiatrische stoornis in de ambulante setting gebruikgemaakt van dwang. Met de komst van de nieuwe Wet verplichte ggz zullen hiervoor ook in Nederland meer mogelijkhe...

Commentary

Identifying a hidden healthcare question by classifying?

Predicting short term intramural violence with the Instrument for Forensic Treatment Evaluation (IBFE), ROM-instrument in tbs for different target groups

E. Schuringa, M. Spreen, S. Bogaerts

background The Instrument for Forensic Treatment Evaluation (ifte) has proven to be useful as an instrument for treatment evaluation and risk management in a heterogeneous group of tbs-patients (tbs = court ordered psychiatric treatment for offen...

Forensic (F)ACT: a study exploring indication, risk assessment and recidivism

I. Kusters, J.E. van Horn, T.E.A. Cnossen

background Cutbacks in clinical beds in regular and forensic psychiatry increase the burden on outpatient forensic care in The Netherlands.
aim Since 2007, Dutch forensic (flexible) assertive community treatment (For(f)act) teams offer outpat...

Contact between neighbourhood residents and residents of a residential care facility

R.A. Gotink, T. Verrijp, A. Gosker-Venis, J. van Weeghel, A.R. van Gool

background Residential care facilities are available to patients unable to live independently, in order to improve their self-reliance and participation. To succeed, integration in the neighbourhood is essential.
aim To assess the contact bet...

Consultation psychiatry: An interview to classify psychological factors affecting other medical conditions

P.J.M. Mangnus

background The dsm-5 category ‘psychological factors affecting other medical conditions has been divided into 12 subclinical syndromes by a group of researchers. These syndromes can be determined by means of a structured interview (called dcpr-in...

The inter-rater reliability of the MINI-Plus

M.E. Zandee, K. de Jong

BACKGROUND The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plus (mini-Plus) is a widely used diagnostic tool, yet research on the psychometric properties is limited. AIM To investigate the inter-rater reliability of the mini-Plus and to explore...

Review article

Prenatal psychological stress and the development of affective disorders in children: literature review