Previous issues

On community mental health in the Netherlands

M. Romme

The Dutch government has set the policy goal of integrating a broad range of ambulatory and in-patient mental health services. The current Dutch system is comprised of autonomously functioning in-patient and out-patient services. In Rotterdam both...

Gender differentiation: an overview of recent research

This article contains an overview of recent research in Europe and the United States in the field of gender differentiation. Special attention is given to recent and current research in the Netherlands and how it relates to work in other countries...

Eye tracking dysfunction and psychoticism

R.J. van den Bosch, J.M.F.A. Mol, N. Rozendaal

The relationship between eye tracking dysfunction and various measures of psychoticism was studied in a random sample of psychotic as well as nonpsychotic psychiatric patients. Psychotic and nonpsychotic patients, whether defined according to DSM-...

Changing patterns in the legal position of psychiatric patients after admission, a cohortstudy

O.H. Brook

In the period of 1970-1972 the number of admissions in general mental hospitals increased considerably, especially those on voluntary base. From 1976 up to 1982 the ratio of voluntary to involuntary admissions remained about 85 percent to 15 perce...

Object constancy: the theory of normal development

W. Matthys

To work out a residential treatment programme for children with persistent behaviour disorders, the literature on object constancy is reviewed. This term is used in different ways by the different authors. After summarizing the contributions of Ha...

Consultation psychiatry: expectations of physicians and nurses

M.E.J.M. Caubo, M.W. Hengeveld, E.M. van Mil, M.T. de Witte

In the literature there is often made a plan for a staff-oriented approach in consultation psychiatry. The expectations of the non-psychiatric physicians and nurses about the psychiatric consultations are only rarely investigated. Therefore, a que...

Clinical and social characteristics differentiating groups of suicidal and nonsuicidal persons: a meta-analysis

M. van Egmond, R.F.W. Diekstra

Research examining differences between groups of suicidal and non-suicidal persons is critically reviewed. A simple method of meta-analysis on 81 published comparative studies revealed social characteristics to be more powerful than clinical items...

Growth-hormone stimulation tests in psychiatry: a review

W. Verbruggen

In the past 10 years there has been an increasing interest in neuro-endocrinology as a way of assessing central nervous system processes, that might play a role in the development of psychiatric disorders. Partly as a diagnostic tool and partly fo...

Multiple Personality, a review of literature

J. Megens

In the last decade the number of publications about multiple personality in the psychiatric literature has dramatically increased. This seems to be connected with the revival of interest in hypnosis. Most authors state that multiple personality is...

Families with oppressive ties: the family with (pathological) symbiotic relationships

F. Booij-van Reek, F. Verheij

This article describes and analyzes the family with (pathological) symbiotic relations. The characteristics of the family are formulated both from the psychodynamic and the systems-theoretical framework. It is postulated that within these families...

Aspects of the reliability of the PSE in four patient categories

L.H. Boerma, T.J. Duine, P.P.G. Hodiamont, P.G.M. Peer

Apart from being used as diagnostic instrument in clinical settings the Present State Examination is also employed in open populations to assess the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms. In a pilot study we examined two aspects of the reliability of...

The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS)

J. Bleeker, P. Dingemans, J.H. Dijkhuis, H. van Engeland

This article outlines the origins of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) and follows with a description of its structure, the posing of questions (e.g.) with the aid of a flow chart), coding responses and editing interview data for machine pro...

Legal status and forensic psychiatric treatment: on power and impotence

J.H. Blankstein

The positive value for treatment of a legal status of the forensic psychiatric patient is described as well as complications are mentioned. An essential positive point is the definition of the patient as an equal human being, thereby strengthening...

Law and the position of tbr-detainees

F. Koenraadt

Detention at the Government's pleasure (tbr) can be imposed by the judge on mentally disturbed delinquents. This measure, provided by the Dutch Criminal Code, leads to forensic psychiatric hospitalization. For the improvement of the position of tb...

Patterns of care of a cohort of patients with a neurotic depression

F.G. Brook, R. Giel, G.H.M.M. ten Horn, S. Sytema

A cohort of patients with a neurotic depression who where entered into the Groningen register in 1975 was followed for a period of six years to study the pattern of care. Diagnostic changes could occur and actually happened. To study the prognosti...

Non-helping and hindering processes in experiential psychotherapy

G. Lietaer , M. Neirinck

325 Sessions — stemming from 41 therapies and 25 therapists — were evaluated by both client and therapist, on the basis of an open question concerning negative processes. A content analysis of the data (91 client and 200 therapist answer segments)...

The follow-up Project Psychotherapeutic Communities (3)

A.M. Koster, J.E.A. Wagenborg

In this article research findings are presented and discussed on the persistente of change in patients after termination of intensive psychotherapeutic treatment in a residential setting. Follow-up assessments at one and three years after discharg...

Who will be protected by the civil commitment bill BOPZ?

J.A. Jenner

A new civil commitment bill, called BOPZ, is in preparation in the Netherlands. The diagnosis of mental illness and the prediction of danger are connected in series. Although a more efficient system of checking by the court of justice is guarantee...

The therapeutic community as a psychotherapeutic instrument in the treatment of drug addicts

M. Kooyman

Drug addiction and the related acting out behaviour protects the person from experiencing pain and fear from a variety of origins. Most drug addicts, however, show a defect in their ego-development, especially during the separation/ individuation ...

Neuropsychological functioning of severely emaciated anorexia nervosa patients

M.E. Houben, R. Vandenbergen, W. Vandereycken

A selected sample of 20 female anorexia nervosa patients in a state of serious emaciation was investigated on a screening battery of neuropsychological tests. A striking finding was the high number of deficits in the short-term visual memory. The ...

Admissions in mental hospitals of foreigners, particularly minority groups living in the Netherlands

O.H. Brook, A.C. de Graaf

In the period of 1972-1982 the number of foreigners admitted to mental hospitals increased gradually. Foreigners are defined as born outside the Netherlands having a foreign nationality. The increase turned out to be 91 percent, broadly the same a...

The thesis of institutionalism: a questionable one

ISSUE 1985/2

B. Holman , J. Wennink

The past decade has seen many changes in the care for chronic mental patients in the Netherlands. Large-scale institutions, which Goffman aptly called 'total institutions', because of the all pervasive influence they had on behavior and attitudes ...

Drug-induced psychiatric disorders: (differential) diagnosis in daily practice

ISSUE 1985/2

W.M.N.J. Buis, A.J.M. Loonen

Drug-induced mental disturbances are likely to be encountered in daily clinical practice, but are perhaps not always recognized. This is partly due to the multifactorial causation of psychiatric symptoms. This article deals with the differential d...

Somatic illness in psychiatric in-patients

ISSUE 1985/2