Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie

R.J. Huy, A.A. van Elburg, R. Sieders, E. Stevelmans, H.P.F. Koppeschaar, S.H.M. van Goozen, H. van Engeland

background Allopregnanolone, one of the best described neurosteroids in the scientific literature, is known to have anxiolytic, antidysphoric and hyperphagic effects in animals. However, the role of this neurosteroid in eating disorders such as a...

State-of-the-art-article

Medication-induced acute movement disorders

P.N. van Harten

background Dopamine blocking agents such as antipsychotics are very effective in the treatment of several psychiatric and somatic disorders. However, these compounds may induce acute extrapyramidal side effects. These can cause physical and psych...

Review article

Delayed posttraumatic stress disorder

G.E. Smid, R.C. van der Mast, B.P.R. Gersons

background Delayed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a poorly understood phenomenon with important implications for recognition, prevention and treatment. aims To obtain insight into the rela...

Review article

Acute porphyria: an intriguing imitator

I.M. Holslag, W. Snelleman, H.W. Hoek

background The acute porphyrias deserve attention in mental health care because clinical manifestations may include a variety of psychiatric symptoms and sometimes psychiatric symptoms are in fact the only manifestations.
aim To review the liter...

Case report

Beta-blockers … an effective treatment of akathisia? A case study

C. Baeken, G. Pieters

summary Akathisia is a complex syndrome, frequently linked to treatment with antipsychotics. There are no universal diagnostic criteria and no specific locomotor pathognomonic sign is available. Betablockers are said to be an effective treatment ...

Letter to the editor

Reactie op 'Cycloïde psychose: een vergeten diagnose? Een literatuuronderzoek'

F.M.M.A. van der Heijden, S. Tuinier †, W.M.A. Verhoeven

3 februari 2004

Editorial

Hoe valide is onze diagnostiek?

Explanations for differences in psychiatric disorders in a study among migrants

A.M. Kamperman, I.H. Komproe, J.T.V.M. de Jong

background The mental health status of different migrant groups in the Netherlands is not the same. The origins of these differences are unclear.
aim This article examines if there are differences in psychiatric disorder between Turkish, Morocca...

New research

Translation and communication problems in diagnosing a depressive mood among berber patients living in Holland.

D.W.G.M. Tijdink, J. van Es

background Difficult communication between Moroccan patients with a poor knowledge of Dutch and native professionals can lead to problems while trying to diagnose a depressive mood.
aims Determination of hampering communication by the following ...

Essay

Access to medical records: resistance to recovery

J. van Egmond

summary Information available from a patient's psychiatric medical record may promote secondary gain and hinder the recovery of mental health. Psychiatrists can cope with this in their contact with patients and in their practice. Also, there are ...

Short report

Aggression in Asperger's syndrome: a literature-review

J. Daems, K. Vandenbosch, G. Pieters

summary One of the symptoms often associated with Asperger Syndrome is disturbing behaviour, such as aggression. We looked into the question whether the available literature offers enough arguments to support a possible association. The conclusio...

Case report

Clozapine and fluvoxamine together: more than two times alone. A case study

R. Veltkamp, L.H.W.M. Kaiser

summary A 22-year-old man, suffering from a paranoid psychotic relapse due to a chronic schizophrenia, was admitted to our psychiatric hospital. Because of aggression secondary to his psychosis he had to be secluded for almost one year. Zuclopent...

Editorial

Une tâche sur le silence (Samuel Beckett)

The psychiatric epidemiology of disasters

ISSUE 2003/7

J.M. Havenaar, E.J. Bromet

background In recent years the psychological and psychiatric consequences of disasters have received increasing attention.
aim To give an overview of the current state of knowledge concerning the psychiatric epidemiology of disasters and the eff...

Internet-artikel

E-mail contact for psychiatric outpatients

ISSUE 2003/7