Background: Despite the increasing labour market shortage of well-educated community nurses, few baccalaureate nursing students choose for a career in community care. Obtaining knowledge of how students perceive healthcare areas early in their education is important to take meaningful steps in counteracting …

Objective Depressive and anxiety symptoms are associated with Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD). Exercise interventions might improve both depressive and anxiety symptoms, but an overview of the evidence is lacking. Therefore, we systematically reviewed the existing literature on the effectiveness of exercise …

Professionals in de jeugdbescherming en jeugdreclassering werken met ‘het kind in gevaar en het gevaarlijke kind’. Hun expertise betreft de zorg voor veilig opgroeien van kinderen en jeugdigen in geval van kindermishandeling en bedreigde ontwikkeling, en in geval van delinquentie en ernstige schooluitval. …

Background: The present study investigates the suitability of various treatment outcome indicators to evaluate performance of mental health institutions that provide care to patients with severe mental illness. Several categorical approaches are compared to a reference indicator (continuous outcome) …

Motivational interviewing (MI) may be an effective intervention to improve medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia. However, for this patient group, mixed results have been found in randomized controlled trials. Furthermore, the process of becoming (more) motivated for long-term medication …

This article describes a measure developed to assess fidelity of working with the Boston University approach to Psychiatric Rehabilitation (BPR) in Dutch mental health care. The instrument is intended to measure and improve BPR adherence and clinician competence on an individual level and within individual …

Achtergrond: Vanaf 2016 wordt in Utrecht in proeftuinen de GGZ zorg aan mensen met Ernstige Psychische Aandoeningen (EPA) gebiedsgericht uitgevoerd. Het is de bedoeling dat ervaringsdeskundigen, familie en naasten, specialistische GGZ hulpverleners, medewerkers begeleid en beschermd wonen, sociale wijkteams …

Dit artikel beschrijft de ontwikkeling en validatiestudie van de functionele herstel vragenlijst, een kort meetinstrument om maatschappelijk herstel te meten bij mensen met ernstige psychiatrische aandoeningen.

Objective: A key aspect of psychiatric rehabilitation is supporting individuals with serious mental illness in reaching personal goals. This study aimed to investigate whether various aspects of the working alliance predict successful goal attainment and whether goal attainment improves subjective quality …