In 2012, the World Health Organization estimated that the number of people living with dementia worldwide was approximately 35.6 million; they projected a doubling of this number by 2030, and tripling by 2050. Although the majority of people living with a dementia live in the community, residential facility care by nursing providers is a common part of the dementia journey in most countries.

In de tweede helft van de vorige eeuw explodeerde het aantal mensen en groepen dat als gevolg van of na een als traumatiserend ervaren gebeurtenis voor psychiatrische hulpverlening in aanmerking kwam. Werd rond 1960 het aantal mensen dat aan het concentratiekampsyndroom leed op enkele duizenden geschat, dertig jaar later was dat aantal – nu onder de diagnose PTSS – gestegen tot enkele honderdduizenden. Een voorname oorzaak hiervan is het verschuiven van oorzaak naar symptoom als reden voor diagnosestelling.

Sexual minority individuals are more likely to have mental disorders, including mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders, compared to heterosexual individuals. Whether experiencing trauma or bullying-victimization during childhood explains these differences is currently unclear. We used a psychiatric epidemiological general population-based study to assess whether childhood trauma severity and bullying-victimization before age 16 explains the difference by sexual attraction in mental disorders.

Huiselijk geweld en kindermishandeling hebben een enorme en verstrekkende impact op de betrokkenen. Tot nu toe is het onvoldoende gelukt om het geweld terug te dringen. In deze handreiking belichten we de rol die ervaringsdeskundigen kunnen spelen bij gemeenten en organisaties die betrokken zijn bij de aanpak van huiselijk geweld en kindermishandeling. De handreiking is primair gericht op gemeenten. Maar zeker ook bruikbaar voor andere organisaties in het werkveld.

Het doel van de handreiking is tweeledig:

In the Netherlands and in the regions of origin, many actors are involved in supporting asylum seekers and refugees: in the field of access to work and income and access to mental health care and psychosocial support (MHPSS). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (MFA-NL) is actively involved in supporting humanitarian and development programs implemented by various (inter)national and local actors in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. Many actors in the Netherlands work on themes to support asylum seekers and refugees in the Netherlands.

The mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs) is critical to their long-term well-being and future disaster preparedness. Goal 1 of this study was to identify rates of mental health problems experienced by HCWs. Goal 2 was to test a model of risk stemming from pandemic-related stressors and vulnerability factors.

Several types of psychological treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are considered well established and effective, but evidence of their long-term efficacy is limited.

This multi-level meta-analysis tested if evidence-based trauma treatment was effective in reducing trauma symptoms and externalizing behavior problems in adolescents. Based on eight independent samples and 75 effect sizes, results indicated that Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) had a large and significant overall effect (d = 0.909) on reducing trauma symptoms and externalizing behavior problems.

Objective: This constitutes the first meta-analysis investigating whether patients with and without comorbid personality disorders can equally benefit from psychotherapy for PTSD.

Method: A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, PsychINFO and Cochrane databases from inception through 31 January 2020, to identify clinical trials examining psychotherapies for PTSD in PTSD patients with and without comorbid personality disorders (PROSPERO reference CRD42020156472).

Promotion of good mental health, prevention, and early intervention before/at the onset of mental disorders improve outcomes. However, the range and peak ages at onset for mental disorders are not fully established.