{"title":"[Moving from the medical model in the present towards human centered care in the future].","authors":"F P Velders","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mental health care is under great pressure; the current system is bursting at the seams with waiting times and cutbacks against the backdrop of major societal transformations.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>From the chaos of the present, this essay attempts to sketch a perspective on the future of psychiatry.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using the theory of major transformations and systems change this essay zooms out to a complex systemic perspective to try to paint a picture of psychiatry in 10 years’ time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Several theories of major systemic change suggest that healthcare is moving from the current medical model to human-centered care from an ecosystem that is organized around the person. There are already new initiatives that seem to be making a start in this direction. Nevertheless, the future is difficult to predict and time will tell where we will be in 10 years’ time.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The major transformation in healthcare is moving in the direction of human-centered care in which hope and possibilities present themselves for a healthier society.</p>","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 2","pages":"76-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143573954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G J Hendriks, S Sobczak, M L Oudega, H Jeuring, E van Exel, D Rhebergen, R C Oude Voshaar
{"title":"[Tomorrow's psychiatry for older adults: solutions for a future-proof care].","authors":"G J Hendriks, S Sobczak, M L Oudega, H Jeuring, E van Exel, D Rhebergen, R C Oude Voshaar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Backgrund: </strong>Psychiatric disorders in older adults are underdiagnosed and undertreated, despite their high prevalence and significant impact on medical care utilisation. Given demographic developments and the limited number of specialised psychiatrists, an age-based mental health care division is not sustainable for the future. Which solutions are future-proof?</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To describe solutions for a future-proof psychiatry for older adults.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Literature review and consideration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Future-proof care requires a strategic positioning of old age psychiatrists, focusing on their specific expertise at the intersection of psychiatry and somatics, neurocognitive disorders, the psychosocial characteristics of the third and fourth stages of life, and end-of-life care. This includes an effective role in early detection and consultation in general practice, guidance during transitions in the psychosocial context of individuals, transitions from vitality to physical frailty in mental health care, and within the somatic care chain involving general hospitals and long-term care facilities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>For future-proof care, strategic positioning of the old age psychiatrist is desirable, as well as investments in research, education, network-based care, and digital technology to flexibly respond to the evolving care demands.</p>","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 2","pages":"84-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Verplichte zorg bij een wilsonbekwame zwangere: maatwerk met respect voor mensenrechten].","authors":"J A Godschalx-Dekker, W Duijst","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 1","pages":"13-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143011956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Het Tijdschrift in 2025].","authors":"H L Van","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143012013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Trauma-focused treatments in people with personality disorders: comments on the evidence and on often-heard claims].","authors":"J Hutsebaut, L M C van den Bosch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>For several years, especially in the Netherlands, there has been a lot of attention for the use of trauma-focused treatments, such as EMDR, in the treatment of personality disorders. Trauma-focused treatments are said to be shorter, more directly focused on the etiology of the personality disorder and less stigmatizing. What evidence do we have for the role of trauma-focused treatment and how should that evidence be interpreted?</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To discuss and interpret in a balanced way the evidence for the role of trauma treatment in people with personality disorder and to discuss some comments on the commonly made distinction between trauma-focused and personality disorder treatment.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A pragmatic literature search was conducted and the results were placed in the context of the broader evidence in the treatment of personality disorders RESULTS: Trauma-focused treatments show positive treatment outcomes for a subset of people with personality disorder. There is no evidence that those outcomes are better than the outcomes of other brief treatments, nor is there evidence that these studies show that people truly recover from personality disorder in the broader sense.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Short-term treatments, including trauma-focused treatments, can achieve important positive outcomes in people with personality disorder in the short term. Perhaps the active mechanisms behind trauma-focused treatment are not fundamentally different from the working mechanisms behind personality disorder treatment. In this regard, one of the most important aspects is that people can actively relate to their history. Also, as professionals, we must be careful not to paint clients too rosy a picture of the possible outcomes of brief treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 7","pages":"393-398"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145138895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The future of the Belgian psychiatric patient according to the WPA-Lancet Commission].","authors":"K R Goethals, G Dom","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In 2017, the World Psychiatric Association-Lancet Psychiatry Commission on the future of psychiatry identified several priority areas for the next decade. Six major domains were distinguished, namely the patient and his treatment, psychiatry and healthcare systems, psychiatry and society, the future of mental health legislation, digital psychiatry and training the psychiatrist of the future. This essay examines the state of affairs in Belgium seven years after the publication of the above-mentioned document.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Testing the situation in Belgium based on scientific literature and policy documents, and on experience and opinion of the authors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Psychiatry training and research are slow to keep up with demographic changes such as aging and cultural diversity. There is also a stark lack of capacity and competencies in clinical practice. The reforms within Belgian mental health care have received international appreciation in recent years. However, multi-stage care is still not getting off the ground. There is also insufficient capacity for outpatient care for patients with serious psychiatric disorders. In addition to the law on compulsory admission, the law on patient rights was renewed. Digital psychiatric care has hardly been rolled out. Finally, the training and education for the future psychiatrist is still based too much on knowledge transfer and not enough on the acquisition of skills.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The World Health Organization and Europe praise the Belgian reforms regarding the socialization of healthcare. However, compared to future expectations for our field, a lot still needs to be done.</p>","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 2","pages":"139-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A B Koopmans, M Lancee, M H Rubbens-Özgen, M H J Hillegers, J Zinkstok, A Dols
{"title":"[Cracks in the glass ceiling: an increase in female professors in psychiatry in the Netherlands].","authors":"A B Koopmans, M Lancee, M H Rubbens-Özgen, M H J Hillegers, J Zinkstok, A Dols","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite major progress in women’s emancipation, women remain underrepresented in the highest academic positions.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To 1. determine the percentage of female psychiatry professors affiliated with a university medical center (UMC), 2. analyze the increase in female psychiatry professors over the years relative to the number of female psychiatrists, and 3. provide a prognosis for future trends.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>For this descriptive study we utilized data from the Dutch Association of Psychiatry and the Dutch UMC, and research questions were answered with descriptive analyses, correlation tests with a Pearson correlation coefficient and group comparisons with a two-tailed t-test. Results were presented graphically.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 40 psychiatry professors in UMC, 14 were women (35%) and 26 were men (65%). A cautious forecast suggested this will rise to 43% by 2030. The average age at appointment for male professors was 46.3 years (SD 5.4), compared to 49 years (SD 5.6) for female professors (p = 0.17).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Over the past two years, the percentage of female psychiatry professors has increased significantly by 11%. Despite the increase, this percentage remains low compared to the 54% of female psychiatrists in 2024 and does not keep pace with the growing number of female psychiatrists. We advocate for policies that promote diversity and inclusion, as these lead to higher quality research and does justice to our diverse patient population.</p>","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 2","pages":"89-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143573764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[SIADH in a patient receiving quetiapine therapy].","authors":"A L'Ecluse, Y Balthasar, M Destoop","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte disturbance associated with the use of medication and can have serious consequences. The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is the cause in the majority of cases. This article describes a 53-year-old patient with the following complaints: restlessness, urinary complaints, increased urgency, thirst and confusion. Hyponatremia was diagnosed. A restrictive fluid policy in combination with reduction of the causative medication was initiated, as a result of which the patient made a full recovery. This case illustrates the potential of SIADH on quetiapine. Early recognition of this syndrome is vital for timely initiation of correct treatment, which can prevent further and more permanent consequences.</p>","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 3","pages":"192-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143754615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Manic psychosis as a complication of coercive treatment in severe anorexia nervosa].","authors":"M M A Nelissen, K Hua, J van der Spelt, A Maat","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder, with a mortality rate of 15%. Comorbid disorders are common, however there are no clinical guidelines for the treatment of anorexia nervosa and comorbid bipolar disorder. We describe the casus of a 27-year-old female patient, with a history of anorexia nervosa, depressive disorder, and ADHD, who was admitted to our medical psychiatric unit because of severe underweight (BMI 13.6 kg/m2, weight 36.8 kg). The coercive treatment was complicated by a manic psychosis. Treatment with olanzapine and lorazepam was ineffective, the manic psychosis posed a somatic threat. Zuclopentixol quickly resolved the manic symptoms. However, within months after discontinuation, a relapse into manic psychosis occurred. This case report highlights the importance of research into the acute and prophylactic treatment of anorexia nervosa and comorbid bipolar disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 6","pages":"345-348"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144817462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Palliative psychiatry; .an exploration].","authors":"J M Havenaar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Many psychiatric disorders have a chronic and/or recurrent course. The suffering of these patients and their relatives is usually significant, and mortality is increased.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore the place of palliative care in psychiatry and for patients with unbearable and hopeless psychiatric suffering, in particular.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Literature review.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There is a growing literature on the place of palliative care in psychiatry and addiction care.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Palliative care for psychiatric patients in the final phase of life deserves more attention. In addition, palliative care is also possible for people with chronic, treatment-refractory psychiatric disorders without imminent death. This fits well with existing approaches in chronic mental health care. To avoid association of such ‘alleviating’ policy with terminal care, the term ‘oyster’ care is preferable. Sometimes this can be an alternative to a self-chosen end of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":23100,"journal":{"name":"Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie","volume":"67 6","pages":"340-344"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144817465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}