Per 1 januari 2022 is de nieuwe wet inburgering ingegaan, dit biedt gemeenten een goede gelegenheid om meer aandacht te geven aan de mentale gezondheid van statushouders. Gemeenten zien dat succesvolle integratie en participatie van statushouders alleen mogelijk is, als zij fysiek én mentaal gezond zijn. Andersom kan succesvolle integratie gezondheidsproblemen voorkomen. In veel gemeenten wordt steeds meer zichtbaar dat psychische problemen stagnatie veroorzaken in het inburgeringsproces.

Insecure attachment is proposed to be a risk factor in the development and persistence of severe grief. Although prior research demonstrates positive cross-sectional and longitudinal correlations between attachment styles and prolonged grief symptoms, controlled longitudinal analyses yield fewer convincing results.

Background: Whether there are biological sex differences in rates of childhood trauma exposure perpetrated by female versus male biological parents remains largely unknown. Moreover, the relative risk posed by various vulnerability factors for transdiagnostic mental health outcomes among females vs. males in adulthood has received insufficient attention.

The field of traumatic stress is often referred to as being in a state of controversy and lack of continuity. Throughout history, disputes repeatedly centered on defining the psychological consequences of severe adverse events and on their causes. Even to this day this is current. To understand these controversies, an extensive historical literature review is presented of how mental consequences of trauma have been described in history, of the circumstances in which this took place, and of the disputes that have influenced the conceptualization of these mental responses.

Hieronder beschrijf ik mijn ervaringen in de ggz van 1968 tot 2008: als jeugdige vakantiehulp, wetenschappelijk onderzoeker en gedragstherapeut aan de onderzoeksafdeling psychiatrie van het Universitair Medisch Centrum (UMC) Utrecht, vrijgevestigde gedragstherapeut, gedragstherapeut en onderzoeker in de Haagse alcoholkliniek "Zeestraat", promovendus in de alcoholkliniek van het Jellinekcentrum, afdelingshoofd in de Riagg Zuidoost in Amsterdam en mentor van cliënten die in de ggz zijn stukgelopen.

Vanwege de aanhoudende oorlog ontvluchtten miljoenen Syriërs de afgelopen jaren hun land. Een deel van deze groep vestigde zich in Nederland. Op dit moment wonen er iets minder dan 150.000 mensen van Syrische origine (migranten en hun kinderen) in Nederland; een aanzienlijk deel kwam in de periode van 2014-2016 het land binnen. In 2017 zijn meer dan 3000 Syriërs uit deze groep over hun leven hier geïnterviewd. In 2019 en 2022 is die met diezelfde mensen opnieuw gesproken (zie link hiernaast). Op die manier kunnen we hun levens in Nederland volgen.

Background
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex and heterogeneous mental health condition that can develop after exposure to a traumatic event. Clinical trials have used alternative pharmacological agents to treat PTSD, but their associated neural correlates remain unclear. The present systematic review aims to summarize the changes in brain function associated with the use of these alternative pharmacological agents in PTSD.

Background: Alexithymia, an inability to recognise one’s emotions, has been associated with trauma-exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Previous research suggests involvement of the oxytocin system, and socio-emotional neural processes. However, the paucity of neurobiological research on alexithymia, particularly in trauma-exposed populations, warrants further investigation.

Objective: Explore associations between alexithymia, endogenous oxytocin levels, and socio-emotional brain function and morphometry in a trauma-exposed sample.

Background
The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying societal measures have impacted children and their families all over the world. Little is known about the factors associated with mental health outcomes in young children (i.e., 1 to 6 years old) during the pandemic. The current study aimed to examine associations with potential risk and protective factors, i.e., direct COVID-19 exposure factors as well as within-family characteristics.

Background: A significant body of literature has identified multiple factors that contribute to established victimization by aggressive and/or intimidating behaviours. These studies primarily originate from the fields of intimate partner violence (IPV), bullying, sexual abuse, and/or commercial sexual exploitation (CSE), and generally focus on female victims. It appears, however, complicated to quantify the cumulative contribution of these factors on susceptibility to intimidating and/or hostile engagements on an individual level.