Bespreking academisch proefschrift N. Boonstra (RU Groningen). Dit proefschrift heeft als centraal thema de vroegtijdige onderkenning van de eerste psychotische symptomen bij psychiatrische patiënten. Een centrale behandeldoelstelling hierbij is om de duur van de onbehandelde psychose (Duration of …

Successfully introducing care innovations depends on the type of care setting, the intervention and specific circumstances. In this study the factors influencing the introduction of an evidence based nursing guideline on depression in psychogeriatric nursing home residents were studied. Special facilitating …

Identifying factors that predict health-related quality of life (QOL) following hematopoietic SCT, is important in estimating patients’ abilities to adjust to the consequences of their disease and treatment. As the studies that have been published on this subject are scattered, the present study aimed …

Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness with serious consequences for daily living of patients and their caregivers. Care as usual primarily consists of pharmacotherapy and supportive treatment. However, a substantial number of patients show a suboptimal response to treatment and still suffer from …

This article describes the results of a study into the psychometric properties of a questionnaire about student nurses' perceptions of mental health care. The questionnaire was constructed in 2008, but has not yet been tested in terms of construct validity and reliability. A validated questionnaire is …

Het MMAGazine is een 160 pagina’s tellende publicatie waarin zelfbeschadiging belicht wordt vanuit wetenschap, ervaringskennis, kunst en lifestyle. Er is concreet trainingsmateriaal in de vorm van een CD en uitsprakenkaarten in opgenomen. Deze zijn gebaseerd op enkele kunstwerken van de expositie Met …

In psychiatric care professionals perceive some patients as 'difficult', especially patients with long-term non-psychotic disorders. For these patients few evidence-based treatments exist. An intervention program, Interpersonal Community Psychiatric Treatment (ICPT), was developed by the authors. It …

Background: Structured psychotherapy is recommended as the preferred treatment of personality disorders. A substantial group of patients, however, has no access to these therapies or does not benefit. For those patients who have no (longer) access to psychotherapy a Collaborative Care Program (CCP) …

Little is known about effective nursing interventions for adolescents with anorexia nervosa. The purpose of this study was to discover which aspects of nursing care are most effective, according to nurses, in recovery of normal body weight in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. METHODS: A qualitative …

Een review van kwalitatief onderzoek naar motieven en gevolgen.