Hallucinations are currently associated almost exclusively with psychopathological states. While it is evident that hallucinations can indicate psychopathology or neurological disorders, we should remember that hallucinations also commonly occur in people without any signs of psychopathology. A similar case occurs in the case of hallucinogenic drugs, which have been long associated with psychopathology and insanity. However, during the last decades a huge body of research has shown that certain kinds of hallucinations, exerted by hallucinogenic drugs, may serve to improve mental health.

Objective
To evaluate the effects of ketamine treatment on depression and suicidal ideation in treatment resistant depression (TRD) and to determine whether they are influenced by other psychiatric and personality comorbidities.

The multiple studies that have examined the transgenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma from survivors to their descendants have yielded inconsistent results. These can be attributed to differences in assessment tools and to individual differences between survivors, such as their specific experiences during the Holocaust.

Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a diagnostic entity that will be included in the forth-coming edition of the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11). It denotes a severe form of PTSD, comprising not only the symptom clusters of PTSD (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Fourth Edition [DSM-IV-TR]), but also clusters reflecting difficulties in regulating emotions, disturbances in relational capacities, and adversely affected belief systems about oneself, others, or the world.

Given that 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, the purpose of this article is to summarize the current empirical evidence in support of EMDR therapy as an effective treatment intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Currently, there are more than 30 randomized controlled trials (RCT) demonstrating the effectiveness in patients with this debilitating mental health condition, thus providing a robust evidence base for EMDR therapy as afirst-choice treatment for PTSD.

Background
High rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been documented in war-affected populations. The prevalence of Complex PTSD (CPTSD) has never been assessed in an active war zone. Here, we provide initial data on war-related experiences, and prevalence rates of ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD in a large sample of adults in Ukraine during the Russian war. We also examined how war-related stressors, PTSD, and CPTSD were associated with age, sex, and living location in Ukraine.

Door de snelle groei van het aantal ouderen met specifieke mentale en fysieke behoeften neemt in Nederland de vraag naar specialistische ouderen psychologen toe. Bas van Alphen, Anneloes van den Broek en Hilde Verbeek gaan in op specialistisch werken in de ouderenzorg, management in de ouderenzorg en wetenschappelijk onderzoek bij ouderen met daarbij de wettelijk gestelde eisen van specialismen (artikel 14 van de wet big) als onderlegger. ‘Het potentieel van het individu staat centraal in plaats van de beperking.’

Psychedelische middelen als MDMA, ketamine en LSD zijn veelbelovend als medicijn tegen mentale problemen. Hoe werken ze, en waarom worden ze nog niet op grote schaal gebruikt?

Uit het eindrapport “Tussen ongeloof, ondersteuning en opsporing: over georganiseerd sadistisch misbruik van minderjarigen’’ blijkt dat georganiseerd en sadistisch misbruik van minderjarigen bestaat, maar is er geen bewijs gevonden voor satanische rituelen. Wel zijn de minderjarigen waarschijnlijk slachtoffer van indringende, traumatiserende ervaringen. De commissie doet verschillende aanbevelingen in het eindrapport dat vandaag is aangeboden aan minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (Justitie en Veiligheid).

"Dit verhaal kan niet op een simpele manier worden verteld." In deze nieuwe rubriek spreekt Djuna Kramer met Chrissy Flohr van Museum Sophiahof over haar werk en persoonlijke drijfveren.