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The impact of forced forensic psychiatric confinement on composition and structure in the personal networks of personality-disordered forensic psychiatric patients KU Leuven
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study explored to what extent the composition and structure of personal networks of personality-disordered forensic psychiatric patients changed before and after forced confinement in a forensic psychiatric centre. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 36 patients and selected members of their networks were examined. During forensic psychiatric treatment, ...
COVID-19 vaccine uptake in patients with psychiatric disorders admitted to or residing in a university psychiatric hospital University of Antwerp KU Leuven
Media coverage of Belgium's first criminal case concerning euthanasia for psychiatric patients Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven University of Antwerp
BACKGROUND: Belgium is one of the few countries worldwide where euthanasia on the grounds of unbearable suffering caused by a psychiatric disorder is legally possible. In April 2010 euthanasia was carried out on a 38-year-old Belgian woman with borderline personality disorder and/or autism. After a complaint by the family, three physicians were referred to the Court of Assizes on the charge of "murder by poisoning".
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Exploring the impact of medication information for psychiatric patients at hospital discharge KU Leuven
Uit de titel van deze doctoraatsthesis Studie van de impact van gediffe rentieerde informatie over geneesmiddelen voor psychiatrische patiënten bij ontslag uit het ziekenhuis kunnen drie sleutelbegrippen geïdentific eerd worden. Als eerste element spitst dit doctoraatsonderzoek zich toe op patiënten met een geestelijk gezondheidsprobleem en meer specifiek op patiënten die een majeure depressieve episode doormaken. Een grote groe p mensen ...
The engagement of psychiatrists in the assessment of euthanasia requests from psychiatric patients in Belgium University of Antwerp Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background Since its legalisation in 2002, the number of times euthanasia has been carried out in response to requests from adults with psychiatric conditions (APC) has continued to increase. However, little is known about why and how psychiatrists become engaged in the assessment of such euthanasia requests. Methods A cross-sectional survey study was conducted between November 2018 and April 2019 of 499 psychiatrists affiliated with the Flemish ...
Psychiatric patients requesting euthanasia: guidelines for sound clinical and ethical decision making University of Antwerp Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: Since Belgium legalised euthanasia, the number of performed euthanasia cases for psychological suffering in psychiatric patients has significantly increased, as well as the number of media reports on controversial cases. This has prompted several healthcare organisations and committees to develop policies on the management of these requests. Method: Five recent initiatives that offer guidance on euthanasia requests by psychiatric ...
Risk Management of Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients Taking Multiple QTc-Prolonging Drugs KU Leuven
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND: Drug-related QTc prolongation has been linked with Torsade de Pointes and sudden cardiac death. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of starting an additional QTc-prolonging drug on the QTc interval of psychiatric inpatients. METHODS: An observational study was performed between May 2011 and December 2014 in 6 Belgian psychiatric hospitals. Inpatients who were already taking 1 QTc-prolonging drug or more ...
The Long-Term Changes in Dynamic Risk and Protective Factors Over Time in a Nationwide Sample of Dutch Forensic Psychiatric Patients KU Leuven
The long-term changes of dynamic risk and protective factors have rarely been studied in forensic psychiatric patients. We utilized a latent growth curve analysis to investigate trajectories of risk and protective factors over time in all 722 male forensic psychiatric patients who were unconditionally released between 2004 and 2014 from any of 12 Dutch forensic psychiatric centers (FPCs). The study covered the period from juridical observation ...