Introduction Take it Personal!+ is a treatment program for individuals with Mild Intellectual Disability or Borderline Intellectual Functioning (MID-BIF) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD). It is supported by a mobile health application (mHealth), and researchers found it can reduce Substance Use (SU). …

Individuals with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning are at increased risk to develop a substance use disorder—however, effective treatment programs adapted to this target group are scarce. This study evaluated the effectiveness of Take it Personal!+ in individuals with …

Patienten in der forensischen Psychiatrie sind während ihrer Behandlung häufig Aggressionen von Mitpatienten ausgesetzt. Uns sind jedoch keine Untersuchungen darüber bekannt, wie sich dies auf das Wohlbefinden der Patienten und den Behandlungsverlauf auswirkt. In dieser Studie befragten wir neun Patienten …

"Background: Victimization is highly prevalent in individuals with mild intellectual disability (MID) or borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) and is an important risk factor for mental health problems and violent behavior. Not much is known, however, about victimization history in women with MID-BIF …

Forensic psychiatric inpatients are frequently exposed to aggression from fellow patients during their treatment, but research on how this impacts patients’ well-being and treatment progress is lacking. In this study, we interviewed nine patients on their experiences of victimization during mandatory …

Background: The prevalence of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in people with Mild Intellectual Disability and Borderline Intellectual Functioning (MID-BIF) is high and evidence-based treatment programs are scarce. The present study describes the development of a personalised SUD treatment for people with …

Background In the Netherlands, Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) teams have been established for people with mild intellectual disability (MID) or borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) and mental health problems or challenging behaviour. Little is known yet about service users’ experiences …

This study explores variables that predict physical violence in 614 (forensic) psychiatric inpatients. All violent incidents that occurred in a Dutch forensic psychiatric hospital between 2014 and 2019 (N = 3,713) were coded with the Modified Overt Aggression Scale+ based on daily hospital reports and …

Research on follow-up outcomes of systemic interventions for family members with an intellectual disability is scarce. In this study, short-term and long-term follow-up outcomes of multisystemic therapy for adolescents with antisocial or delinquent behaviour and an intellectual disability (MST-ID) are …

Dit is alweer de vijfde editie van het congres Met het oog op behandeling. De afgelopen jaren hebben we gezien dat de maatschappelijke belangstelling voor mensen met een licht verstandelijke beperking (LVB) sterk toeneemt. Dit jaar is er zelfs een Interdepartementaal Beleidsonderzoek gedaan door diverse …