Projects
Psychological and behavioral trait-frailties in the etiopathogenesis of severe major depressive disorder. University of Antwerp
Assessment of personality dimensions and clinical subtypes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and their predictive value for the (long-term) outcomes after group cognitive behaviour therapy. University of Antwerp
Predictive enrichment strategies for immune-targeted interventions in depression. University of Antwerp
Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times (COH-FIT) KU Leuven
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 (known as Coronavirus) virus a global pandemic. COVID-19 is a variant of coronavirus thought to originate in Wuhan province China. The infection has spread from China to Western pacific region reports, Europe, South-East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean region, Region of the Americas, African Region. Both the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine measures can have marked detrimental ...
Methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene NR3C1-1F and impact on HPA axis function in non-pulsatile tinnitus with and without panic attacks. University of Antwerp
Preventing Relapse After Successful ECT for Depression– Arandomized controlled trial on lithium as add-on to personalizedmaintenance ECT. University of Antwerp
Transnational family relationships in a context of exile-related family separation: The role of intra-family support in unaccompanied refugee adolescents’ mental health and posttrauma rehabilitation KU Leuven
With a growing influx of refugees in western European resettlement countries in the past years, a body of studies documents how minor refugees are an at-risk group for mental health problems, with an increased prevalence of psychiatric disorders showing particularly high rates of PTSD and depression in unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) who experience long-term separation from parental caregiving figures. Simultaneously, however, studies ...
Perinatal depression of (expectant) mothers at a university hospital obstetric outpatient clinic – a precision medicine approach within public health perspective KU Leuven
Perinatal Depression (PD) is one of the most common complications (10-20%) during perinatal period. Though PD has large known impact on the (expectant) mother, the offspring and the supporting environment, both at the short and the longer term, scientific knowledge is far from settled. we will perform a longitudinal epidemiological study of PD across all (expectant) mothers presenting at the outpatient clinic of the university hospital of ...