Introduction: Depression can be a serious problem in young adult students. There is a need to implement and monitor prevention interventions for these students. Emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy (EIMT) was developed to prevent depression. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility …

Background: Art therapy (AT) is frequently offered to children and adolescents with psychosocial problems. AT is an experiential form of treatment in which the use of art materials, the process of creation in the presence and guidance of an art therapist, and the resulting artwork are assumed to contribute …

In this study, growth trajectories (from admission until unconditional release) of crime-related dynamic risk factors were investigated in a sample of Dutch forensic patients (N = 317), using latent growth curve modeling. After testing the unconditional model, three predictors were added: first-time …

Depression is a highly prevalent and seriously impairing disorder. Evidence suggests that music therapy can decrease depression, though the music therapy that is offered is often not clearly described in studies. The purpose of this study was to develop an improvisational music therapy intervention based …

Welk effect heeft beeldende therapie op depressieve klachten? Is dit effect te filteren uit het totaalaanbod van therapieën binnen de deeltijdbehandeling? Hoe ervaart de patiënt veranderingen in zijn klachten en is dit ook zichtbaar in zijn beeldend werk? Voor dit onderzoek is de systemische N=1 methode …

Dit kwantitatief onderzoek met een quasi-experimenteel design brengt in kaart welk effect het werken met de symbolische component van het Expressive Therapies Continuum op het probleemgedrag en gevoelsleven van één basisschoolleerling van 8 jaar met affectregulatieproblematiek heeft. Door middel van …

Because dental health and oral pathology may affect forensic psychiatric patients' well being, it is important to be able to assess oral health related quality of life (OH-QoL) in these patients. Two studies were conducted among Dutch forensic psychiatric male patients to assess the psychometric properties …

To assess the validity and reliability of the Dutch version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) in a sample of patients of a forensic psychiatric hospital