Publicaties
Social mapping of perceived ecosystem services supply – The role of social landscape metrics and social hotspots for integrated ecosystem services assessment, landscape planning and management Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Early impact of X- and Y-chromosome variations (XXX, XXY, XYY) on social communication and social emotional development in 1-2-year-old children Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sex chromosome trisomies (SCTs) are characterized by an extra X- or Y-chromosome (XXX, XXY, XYY). The present study aims to investigate early signs of social communication and social emotional development in very young children with SCT. Thirty-four children with SCT (aged 12-24 months) were included in this study, as well as 31 age-matched controls. Social communication was measured with structured behavior observations according to the ...
Loneliness, social networks, and social functioning in borderline personality disorder Universiteit Antwerpen
Adverse social experiences in adolescent rats result in enduring effects on social competence, pain sensitivity and endocannabinoid signaling Universiteit Antwerpen
Evaluation and memory of social events in borderline personality disorder: Effects of valence and self-referential context Universiteit Antwerpen
Economic consequences of legal and illegal drugs: The case of social costs in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
Methods: A social cost study was conducted to estimate the substance-attributable costs of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs and psychoactive medication to Belgian society in 2012. The cost-of-illness ...
Social support and public health promotion in ‘The man in a box’ Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Effectiveness of Health and Social Service Networks for Severely Mentally Ill Patients' Outcomes Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Mental health and social care services networks aim to provide patients with continuity of care and support their recovery. There is, however, no conclusive evidence of their effectiveness. Since 2011, Belgium has been implementing a nation-wide reform of mental health care by commissioning service networks. Using a case-control design, we assessed the reform's effectiveness for continuity of care, social integration, quality of life, and ...
Methodological Considerations in Social Cost Studies of Addictive Substances Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
BACKGROUND: Alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, and psychoactive pharmaceuticals' use is associated with a higher likelihood of developing several diseases and injuries and, as a consequence, considerable health-care expenditures. There is yet a lack of consistent methodologies to estimate the economic impact of addictive substances to society. The aim was to assess the methodological approaches applied in social cost studies estimating the ...