Special issue

E.A.M. Knoppert-van der Klein, C.A.L. Hoogduin

The prevalence of personality disorders in bipolar patients varies widely as reported in the literature. The Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised (pdq-r) is a selfreport instrument for dsm-iii-rpersonality disorders with high sensitivity a...

New research

The evaluation of the complaint procedures of the Act on formal admissions to psychiatric hospitals

H.A.R.M.T. Teijssen, J. Legemaate

In 1994 the Act on formal admissions to psychiatric hospitals came into force. The main provisions of the Act have been evaluated in 1995/1996. The evaluation of the complaint procedures reveals that only few hospitals have drawn up regulations wh...

Prevalence and course of obsessive and compulsive behaviour in children and adolescents: A review of literature

R.R.J.M. Vermeiren, D. Deboutte

In this article, an overview is given of the literature concerning the epidemiology and prognosis of ocd(obsessive compulsive disorder) in children and adolescents. The importance of early recognition of these problems is stressed. ocdin children ...

Schizophrenia: a diminished risk of cancer?

J.F. von Gleich, H. Knegtering

This article focuses on the incidence of cancer in schizophrenic patients. We review the relevant studies, which show a diminished risk of cancer. This is partly a methodological artifact, but also appears to be a genuine phenomenon. Such is the c...

Increase in the number of involuntary admissions

H.L.I. Nijman, J.M.L.G. á Campo, D.P. Ravelli

In the present study, the involuntary admission frequencies before and after the introduction of new legislation (the Law bopz) were investigated. In comparison with the overall admission frequencies a significant increase in the number of involun...

Dimensions of affectivity in depression and anxiety

M.T.G. Boon, F.P.M.L. Peeters

Dimensions of affectivity receive increasing scientific and clinical attention especially in depression and anxiety. In a previous article, theoretical backgrounds of and a self-report instrument (panas) for measuring these dimensions (positive an...

Case report

Primary polydipsia as a cause for hyponatraemia, a case report

A.A.M. Ermens, A.J.W. ter Mors, L.T. Vlasveld

A woman with a history of psychiatric illness is brought into the emergency ward of a hospital after the occurrence of several insults and overt signs of coma. Laboratory investigation shows a severe hyponatraemia. A diagnosis of primary polydipsi...

Editorial

Een nieuw begin...

Prescription of psychotropic drugs by Dutch child and adolescent psychiatrists to children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders

E. van Daalen, J.K. Buitelaar

Decisions about the use of psychotropics for common psychiatric disorders in childhood were investigated using a questionnaire presented to Dutch child psychiatrists (n = 95 in final analysis). The endorsement of drug treatment was greater for psy...

New research

Social boarding houses: The habitants

J.R.L.M. Wolf, F.C.M. van Hoof, P.H.M. van der Ham, S.-E. Roovers, J. van Weeghel

In many Western countries the numbers of homeless people with psychiatric problems have gradually grown in the past two decades. In the Netherlands new housing facilities for this group have been set up in the past few years. These facilities, cal...

Pseudohallucinations

R. van der Zwaard, M.A. Polak

'Pseudohallucination' is used in the classification of non-psychotic perceptual disorders. This review article describes the history of the concept and investigates whether pseudohallucinations can be differentiated from related psychopathological...

Clozapine and cognitive function

A. Aleman, E.H.F. de Haan

Little is known about the effects of atypical neuroleptics on cognitive function. In the present paper, an overview is given of studies on the effects of clozapine on cognitive function in schizophrenia. The available evidence suggests a positive ...

The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire

D.G.L. van Dijk, F.A.M. Kortmann, M. Kooyman, J. Bot

Many refugees in the Netherlands are victims of traumatic events, both in their native country and in the period after migration. Studies on ptsd and co-morbid psychopathology in torture victims lead to the development of the Harvard Trauma Questi...

Is schizophrenia a disease of civilization?

Paul Hodiamont

We discuss the literature about the results of the who International Pilot Study on Schizophrenia and the Determinants of Outcome of Severe Mental Disorder studies. The evidence that the course of schizophrenia is more favourable in 'developing' t...

arts-assistentenprijs 1997-1998: j.m. van beveren (en e.j. colon) over: Kunstmatige neurale netwerken in de psychiatrie - Theoretische concepten - Een literatuuronderzoek naar neuropsychiatrische toepassingen

rapport van de jury

reactie op 'De prevalentie van dementie boven de 100 jaar'

reactie op 'Comorbiditeit van psychiatrische stoornissen in de Nederlandse bevolking...' betreffende de gevoeligheid van de cidi voor psychotische stoornissen

reactie op 'Diagnostiek van de ziekte van Huntington bij een onduidelijke familieanamnese'