WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: The combination of coping with their mental health problems and caring for children makes parents vulnerable. Family-centred practice can help to maintain and strengthen important family relationships, and to identify and enhance the strengths of a parent with a mental …

Parenting and psychiatric rehabilitation: can parents with severe mental illness benefit from a new approach? With these results at hand we developed a new program and evaluated it . In this presentation we will reflect on the merits of this program but also share with you the insight gained from other …

ENMESH Malaga, Spain posterpresentation.

Objectives: Many older adults have significant depressive symptoms but few people access care for these. This study explores which personal, clinical and need factors facilitate or hinder acceptance of a new outreaching preference-led intervention programme. Methods: From a sample of 9661 community-dwelling …

This publication is a result of an international research project which took place from 2012-2014. Among the participators were four universities, number of service providers, NGOs and people with psychiatric and learning disabilities from Amersfoort and Maastricht in the Netherlands, Budapest in Hungary …

Background This study aims for health gain and cost reduction in the care for people with long-term non-psychotic psychiatric disorders. Present care for this population has a limited evidence base, is often open ended, little effective, and expensive. Recent epidemiological data shows that 43.5% of …

With these results at hand we developed a new program and evaluated it . In this presentation we will reflect on the merits of this program but also share with you the insight gained from other studies that we did to in the context of the program. First a study on the prevalence to give us an indication …

Higher and advanced vocational education prepare young adults for a career and enhance their life goals.The onset of mental illness generally occurs between 17 and 25 years. For young adults with psychiatric disabilities, educational resources are largely unavailable.

PURPOSE: To study the preliminary effects and feasibility of the “Traffic Light Method for somatic screening and lifestyle” (TLM) in patients with severe mental illness. DESIGN AND METHODS: A pilot study using a quasi-experimental mixed method design with additional content analyses of lifestyle plans …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI-2) as a screening tool for selecting candidates with the potential for adjusting to Chinese army life and for detecting recruits with psychological problems. The unique military environment …