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Jury report publication prize

M.M. Thunnissen

Juryrapport Publicatieprijs artsen in opleiding tot psychiater 2012

Cognitive impairment due to intensive use and overdoses of gammahydroxybutyric acid (GHB)

J.G.C. van Amsterdam, T.M. Brunt, M.T.B. Mcmaster, R. Niesink, M.S. van Noorden, W. van den Brink

background In several countries, including the Netherlands, the use of ghb seems to be increasing. Many recreational users of ghb consider the drug to be harmless and to have no serious side effects. In recent years the number of patients with ghb...

Review article

The syndrome of Capgras: converging models

A.N. Scholte-Stalenhoef, R. J. van den Bosch

background Various theories have been proposed concerning the syndrome of Capgras.
aim To search for a concept that is common to the various theories relating to the aetiology of the syndrome of Capgras.
methods We begin by describing a new case of ...

Commentary

The syndrome of Capgras and the primacy of neurobiology

Self-experience in the early phase of psychosis: a phenomenological approach

G.B. van de Kraats, S.E. de Haan, G. Meynen

background The early detection of psychotic disorders is seen to be increasingly important. Authors of recent articles are adopting a phenomenological approach, taking the view that changes in self-experience represent a major prodromal feature of...

Essay

Benchmarken is ‘work in progress’

E. Blijd-Hoogewys, R. van Dijck, P. Emmelkamp, N. Mulder, R.C. Oude Voshaar, G. Schippers, P. Spinhoven, R. Vermeiren

background In the March edition of this journal a group of professors criticised the methods adopted by the sbg (Benchmark foundation of the Dutch Mental Health Services). The critical comments relate to the alleged objectives (‘pay-for-performanc...

Mindfulness-based cognitieve therapie ook effectief bij mensen met minder dan drie depressies

Nicole Geschwind

Inzicht in prevalentiecijfers van frailty bij ouderen in de bevolking

Rose Collard

De prevalentie van ADHD bij ouderen in de algemene Nederlandse populatie

Marieke Michielsen

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Ketamine tegen depressie

Reaction on ‘Recognition of psychiatric disorders with a religious content by members of the clergy of different denominations in the Netherlands’ (1)

Reaction on ‘Recognition of psychiatric disorders with a religious content by members of the clergy of different denominations in the Netherlands’ (2)

Special issue on staging and profiling: reform of diagnostics

A.T.F. Beekman, J. van Os, H.J.C. van Marle, P.N. van Harten

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Staging and profiling of psychiatric disorders

A.T.F. Beekman, J. van Os, H.J.C van Marle, P.N. van Harten

summary
background Diagnostic issues are at the heart of medicine. Although the existing systems to classify mental disorders have been of tremendous value to Psychiatry, there is growing pressure to reform psychiatric diagnosis. In other areas in...

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Disease profiling in haemato-oncology

P.C. Huijgens

Summary
background In the field of haemato-oncology the staging of disease began in the 1960s with the mapping of the extent of a disease in order to create opportunities for effective local treatment. This led to the characterisation of cancer cel...

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Psychotic disorders: the need for staging

L. de Haan, R. Klaassen, N. van Beveren, L. Wunderink, B.P.F. Rutten, J. van Os

Summary
background In psychotic disorders it is the stage of development of the disease which mainly determines the prognosis and the effectiveness of treatment.
aim To describe and to refine the current staging and profiling of psychotic disorder...

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The characterisation of anxiety disorders: staging and profiling based on common sense

A.J.L.M. van Balkom, D.B. Oosterbaan, N. Batelaan, D.C. Cath, G.-J. Hendriks, H.J.G.M. van Megen, K. Schruers, J. Spijker, N. van der Wee, I.M. van Vliet

Summary
background Clinicians need to be well informed about staging and profiling so that they can divide patients with anxiety disorders into groups according to the phase and severity of their illness. The group to which the patient is assigned...

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Staging and profiling in addication

W. van den Brink, G.M. Schippers

Summary
background The existence or non-existence of the formal diagnosis ‘substance abuse’ or ‘dependence’ is in fact of little consequence in terms of the severity of the affliction, the course of the disorder and the response to a specific type ...

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Staging and profiling in bipolar disorders

R.W. Kupka, M.H.J. Hillegers

summary
background Bipolar disorders are expressed in a wide variety of forms and last for different lengths of time. This has a major influence on diagnosis and treatment and on the interpretation of research findings.
aim To propose and describe...

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Staging and profiling of unipolar depression