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Neuroticism: a non-informative marker of vulnerability to psychopathologyJohan Ormel
Dept of Psychiatry, Groningen University Medical Centre, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 39:906-12. 2004..Neuroticism measures are very popular in psychopathological research, but it is unclear how useful neuroticism is in studies of the aetiology of psychopathology...
Psychosocial disability before, during, and after a major depressive episode: a 3-wave population-based study of state, scar, and trait effectsJohan Ormel
Department of Psychiatry and the Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:387-92. 2004....
The interplay and etiological continuity of neuroticism, difficulties, and life events in the etiology of major and subsyndromal, first and recurrent depressive episodes in later lifeJ Ormel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Am J Psychiatry 158:885-91. 2001..Less is known about their role in late-life depression, how they modify or mediate one another's effects, and whether this differs between major and subsyndromal, first and recurrent episodes...
Vulnerability before, during, and after a major depressive episode: a 3-wave population-based studyJohan Ormel
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:990-6. 2004..Vulnerability as defined by high levels of neuroticism, low self-esteem, and poor coping skills characterizes individuals with a history of major depressive episodes (MDEs)...
Temporal and reciprocal relationship between IADL/ADL disability and depressive symptoms in late lifeJohan Ormel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:P338-47. 2002..To improve quality of life in elderly adults, treatment should target disability when it is new and depression when it is persistent...
Mediators of the association between depression and role functioningM A Buist-Bouwman
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Acta Psychiatr Scand 118:451-8. 2008..While the adverse effect of Major Depressive Episode on role functioning is well established, the exact pathways remain unclear...
Correlates of symptomatic, minor and major depression in the elderlyM D van den Berg
Department of Social Psychiatry, University Hospital of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 60:87-95. 2000....
Explaining heterogeneity in disability with major depressive disorder: effects of personal and environmental characteristicsC E Verboom
Interdisciplinary Center for Psychiatric Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 132:71-81. 2011..Building on the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) model, this study aims to examine effects of personal and environmental characteristics on disability with MDD, over and above illness characteristics...
The distribution of psychiatric and somatic III health: associations with personality and socioeconomic statusJ Neeleman
Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychosom Med 63:239-47. 2001..Psychiatric and somatic disorders frequently co-occur in the same individuals. We examined whether this happens because these types of morbidity share risk factors or because they are risk factors for each other...
Moderators of the synchrony of change between decreasing depression severity and disabilityC E Verboom
Department of Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Center for Psychiatric Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Acta Psychiatr Scand 126:175-85. 2012..To identify moderators of synchrony of change between depression severity and disability...
Psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule used in the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental DisordersM A Buist-Bouwman
Graduate Research School of Behavior, Cognition and Neurosciences BCN, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 17:185-97. 2008..93 for Mobility. Preliminary data suggest acceptable discriminatory validity. Thus, the ESEMeD WHODAS may well be a valuable shortened version of the WHODAS-II, but future users should reconsider the filter questions...
Urinary free cortisol excretion in elderly persons with minor and major depressionA J Oldehinkel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, P O Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychiatry Res 104:39-47. 2001..The results suggest, however, that hyposecretion of cortisol may be a feature of chronic depressive episodes, especially in males...
Explaining heterogeneity in disability associated with current major depressive disorder: effects of illness characteristics and comorbid mental disordersE van der Werff
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 127:203-10. 2010..Aim of the present study was to examine the effect of illness characteristics and comorbid mental disorders on various aspects of disability among persons with a current MDD episode...
Subthreshold depression based on functional impairment better defined by symptom severity than by number of DSM-IV symptomsJ Karsten
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 123:230-7. 2010..In this study, we aim to define clinically significant depression below the DSM-IV threshold for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) by means of functional impairment...
Predictors of time to remission from depression in primary care patients: do some people benefit more from positive life change than others?A J Oldehinkel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J Abnorm Psychol 109:299-307. 2000..Neuroticism modified the effect of PLC in that the remission forward bringing effect of PLC was stronger for highly neurotic people. The results suggests that women and psychologically vulnerable persons benefit most from PLC...
The impact of multiple impairments on disability in community-dwelling older peopleG I Kempen
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research NCH and Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Age Ageing 27:595-604. 1998....
Life events, difficulties and onset of depressive episodes in later lifeE I Brilman
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 31:859-69. 2001..The association of severe events with onset tends to be stronger in first than in recurrent episodes. Mild events can trigger a recurrent episode but not a first one...
Personality, chronic medical morbidity, and health-related quality of life among older personsG I Kempen
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Health Psychol 16:539-46. 1997..The extent to which this is due to an influence of personality on true versus perceived levels of HRQL is unclear...
The impact of psychological attributes on changes in disability among low-functioning older personsG I Kempen
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 54:P23-9. 1999..Findings highlight that, particularly, feelings of perceived control are crucial for maintaining functional ability in later life...
The relative contribution of domains of quality of life to overall quality of life for different chronic diseasesR Arnold
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research NCH, Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 13:883-96. 2004..Explanations for the findings and implications for clinical practice are discussed...
Short-term effects of enhanced treatment for depression in primary care: results from a randomized controlled trialA Smit
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 36:15-26. 2006..This study assesses the effectiveness of primary-care-based enhanced treatment modalities on short-term patient outcomes...
An increase in depressive symptoms after myocardial infarction predicts new cardiac events irrespective of depressive symptoms before myocardial infarctionM Zuidersma
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 42:683-93. 2012..The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether an increase in the number of depressive symptoms after MI is associated with new cardiac events...
Parental psychopathology and socioeconomic position predict adolescent offspring's mental health independently and do not interact: the TRAILS studyK Amone-P'Olak
Interdisciplinary Centre for Psychiatric Epidemiology ICPE, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:57-63. 2011....
Chronic disease in elderly couples: are women more responsive to their spouses' health condition than men?M Hagedoorn
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, Department of Public Health and Health Psychology, University of Groningen, A Deusinglaan 1, P O Box 196, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands
J Psychosom Res 51:693-6. 2001..The aim of the present study is to increase knowledge regarding associations between couples' health condition and psychological distress in both spouses considering gender as well as patient/spouse status...
Convergent genetic modulation of the endocrine stress response involves polymorphic variations of 5-HTT, COMT and MAOAM Jabbi
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Mol Psychiatry 12:483-90. 2007..These findings point towards a genetic susceptibility to stress-related disorders...
Functional disability and neuroticism as predictors of late-life depressionA J Oldehinkel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 9:241-8. 2001..Furthermore, the data tend to suggest that the increased risk for depression associated with disability was larger for patients with higher levels of neuroticism...
Functional disability of mental disorders and comparison with physical disorders: a study among the general population of six European countriesM A Buist-Bouwman
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, and Graduate Research School of Behavior, Cognition and Neurosciences BCN, The Netherlands
Acta Psychiatr Scand 113:492-500. 2006..To examine the association of mental and physical disorders with multiple domains of functioning and compare the two...
Care staff training in detection of depression in residential homes for the elderly: randomised trialA M H Eisses
Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 186:404-9. 2005..Many people with depression in residential care homes for the elderly do not receive treatment because their depression remains undetected...
Positive life change and remission of non-psychotic mental illness. A competing outcomes approachJ Neeleman
Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 76:69-78. 2003..Episode duration in non-psychotic mental illness is associated with personal characteristics of patients, like age or personality. Part of these links may be mediated by life change, a predictor of episode duration in its own right...
Internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescence: general and dimension-specific effects of familial loadings and preadolescent temperament traitsJ Ormel
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre, Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 35:1825-35. 2005..About one-third of familial loading effects on psychopathology in early adolescence are mediated by temperament...
Physical fitness related to age and physical activity in older personsM J van Heuvelen
Department of Human Movement Sciences, Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Med Sci Sports Exerc 30:434-41. 1998..This study investigated physical fitness as a function of age and leisure time physical activity (LTPA) in a community-based sample of 624 persons aged 57 yr and older...
The assessment of ADL among frail elderly in an interview survey: self-report versus performance-based tests and determinants of discrepanciesG I Kempen
Northern Centre for Health Care Research, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 51:P254-60. 1996....
Accuracy of general practitioner's prognosis of the 1-year course of depression and generalised anxietyR H Brink
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 178:18-22. 2001..A prognosis serves important functions for the management of common mental disorders in primary care...
Gender-specific changes in quality of life following cardiovascular disease: a prospective studyC H M Van Jaarsveld
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, Department of Public Health and Health Psychology, University of Groningen, P O Box 196, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 55:1105-12. 2002..However, in clinical practice it is important to acknowledge the poorer QoL of females following CVD...
Spousal caregivers' activity restriction and depression: a model for changes over timeA P Nieboer
Department of Sociology and Interuniversity Center for Social Science, Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 47:1361-71. 1998..Cross-sectionally it mediates the association between caregiving and depressive symptomatology, and longitudinally it contributes to changes in depressive symptomatology in both samples...
Evidence for plasticity genotypes in a gene-gene-environment interaction: the TRAILS studyE Nederhof
Interdisciplinary Center for Psychiatric Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry and Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology HR, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Genes Brain Behav 9:968-73. 2010..We concluded that the l'/l'-met-carrier, l'/s'-val/val and the s'/s'-val/val genotypes showed greatest plasticity while the l'/l'-val/val genotype was unaffected by childhood events...
Risk indicators of depression in residential homesA M H Eisses
Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:634-40. 2004..To assess risk indicators of depressive symptoms in social and personal domains of residents of residential homes...
Recovery of physical function after limb injuries in independent older people living at homeW Scaf-Klomp
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research NCH, University of Groningen, PO Box 196, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands
Age Ageing 30:213-9. 2001..to describe changes in physical functioning after fall-related injuries to the limbs in independently living older people...
Depression after myocardial infarction is a risk factor for declining health related quality of life and increased disability and cardiac complaints at 12 monthsP de Jonge
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Heart 92:32-9. 2006....
Depression in later life: three etiologically different subgroupsM D van den Berg
Department of Social Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 65:19-26. 2001..Late onset depression has been found to be a heterogeneous group. This study attempts to divide the late onset group in two subgroups with different aetiology and find evidence for the vascular depression hypothesis...
[The Groningen longitudinal aging study. An evaluation of functional status, well-being and need of care by others]G I Kempen
Noordelijk Centrum voor Gezondheidsvraagstukken NCG Gezondheidswetenschappen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 29:141-9. 1998..We conclude with some suggestions for future research...
The impact of physical performance and cognitive status on subsequent ADL disability in low-functioning older adultsG I Kempen
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, University of Groningen, The Netherlands G I J M
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:480-3. 1998..The purpose of this study was to examine the independent contributions of physical performance and cognitive status to subsequent levels of ADL disability in low-functioning non-institutionalized older adults...
[Prevalence and incidence of depression in residential homes for the elderly in the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands: higher than among the elderly in the general population, yet lower than in other residential homes]A M H Eisses
Rijksuniversiteit, afd Psychiatrie, Postbus 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 146:946-9. 2002..To determine the prevalence and incidence of major and minor depression in residential homes for the elderly in Drenthe, the Netherlands...
[Drug utilization by the elderly with depressive symptoms]M D van den Berg
disciplinegroep Psychiatrie, Rijksuniversiteit, Postbus 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 145:958-62. 2001..Obtain a picture of non-psychiatric medication use and depressogenic medication use by elderly people suffering from depression...
Neuroticism, a central link between somatic and psychiatric morbidity: path analysis of prospective dataJ Neeleman
Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 34:521-31. 2004..Neuroticism and somatic complaints are linked, and the aim of this study is to disentangle which mechanisms may be responsible for this association...
Determinants of salivary cortisol levels in 10-12 year old children; a population-based study of individual differencesJ G M Rosmalen
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen Medical Center, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychoneuroendocrinology 30:483-95. 2005..This period covers adolescence, which is a critical time for the appearance and development of psychiatric disorders...
Obstetric optimality and emotional problems and substance use in young adulthoodL Batstra
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Early Hum Dev 80:91-101. 2004..Pregnancy and delivery are complex processes, and isolated obstetric complications rare and often accompanied or followed by a number of others...
Pre-morbid predictors of psychological adjustment to cancerA V Ranchor
Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 11:101-13. 2002..The direction of this association was opposite to what might be expected on the basis of the literature. Implications of the findings for health care as well as explanations for the social support findings are discussed...
Comorbidity of physical and mental disorders and the effect on work-loss daysM A Buist-Bouwman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Acta Psychiatr Scand 111:436-43. 2005..To examine the association between physical and mental disorders and the separate and joint effect of physical and mental disorders on work-loss...
Effects on depression pharmacotherapy of a Dutch general practitioner training programT W D P van Os
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 71:105-11. 2002..This study aims to evaluate in more detail the effects of the training on GPs' pharmacotherapy of depression and related issues...
Schizotypy and brain structure: a voxel-based morphometry studyG Modinos
Department of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Groningen, and BCN Neuroimaging Center, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 40:1423-31. 2010..However, to date, no studies have investigated the neuroanatomical correlates of PS...
Prediction of the three-year course of recurrent depression in primary care patients: different risk factors for different outcomesHenk Jan Conradi
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 105:267-71. 2008....
Preschool behavioral and social-cognitive problems as predictors of (Pre)adolescent disruptive behaviorAlice Emond
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30001, Groningen 9700 RB, The Netherlands
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 38:221-36. 2007..The finding that poor social understanding was implicated in the development of ACD but not in the development of ODD may help to demarcate the individuality of each disorder and offer leads for (differential) treatment strategies...
Effortful control as modifier of the association between negative emotionality and adolescents' mental health problemsAlbertine J Oldehinkel
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
Dev Psychopathol 19:523-39. 2007..The effects were stronger for externalizing problems and similar for preadolescent (age 11) and adolescent (age 13/14) outcomes...
Duration of major depressive episodes in the general population: results from The Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS)Jan Spijker
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction Trimbos institute, PO Box 725, 3500 AS Utrecht, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 181:208-13. 2002..Data on the duration of major depressive episodes (MDE) in the general population are sparse...
Effects of antidepressant treatment following myocardial infarctionJoost P van Melle
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 190:460-6. 2007..Depression following myocardial infarction is associated with poor cardiac prognosis. It is unclear whether antidepressant treatment improves long-term depression status and cardiac prognosis...
Externalizing and internalizing problems in relation to autonomic function: a population-based study in preadolescentsAndrea Dietrich
Department of Psychiatry, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 46:378-86. 2007..Moreover, to study whether problems present at both preschool and preadolescent age show stronger associations with autonomic function than those that were not...
The role of perceived control in the process of older peoples' recovery of physical functions after fall-related injuries: a prospective studyGertrudis I J M Kempen
Department of Health Care Studies, Section of Medical Sociology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 58:P35-41. 2003..The severity of the injury is the predominant contributor to disability in the short term but becomes insignificant over time, whereas the influence of age on recovery becomes important after 5 months...
Testing the tripartite model in young adolescents: is hyperarousal specific for anxiety and not depression?Kirstin Greaves-Lord
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Sophia Children s Hospital, Dr Molewaterplein 60, 3015 GJ, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 102:55-63. 2007..e. autonomic hyperactivity) is specific for anxiety and not depression. Research on the relation between anxiety, depression and physiological measures representing arousal is lacking...
Are the vulnerability effects of personality and psychosocial functioning on depression accounted for by subthreshold symptoms?Jan Spijker
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Depress Anxiety 24:472-8. 2007..This suggests that a depressive episode is interwoven in a long-standing and enduring pattern of mild personality deviance and limitations in psychosocial functioning...
Homotypic versus heterotypic continuity of anxiety symptoms in young adolescents: evidence for distinctions between DSM-IV subtypesRobert F Ferdinand
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam Sophia Children s Hospital, Dr Molewaterplein 60, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Abnorm Child Psychol 35:325-33. 2007....
Only incident depressive episodes after myocardial infarction are associated with new cardiovascular eventsPeter De Jonge
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
J Am Coll Cardiol 48:2204-8. 2006..The purpose of this research was to study whether incident and non-incident depression after myocardial infarction (MI) are differentially associated with prospective fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events...
Stressful life events and depressive problems in early adolescent boys and girls: the influence of parental depression, temperament and family environmentEsther M C Bouma
Department of Psychiatry and School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 105:185-93. 2008..We examined modification by parental depression and gender, and mediation of the former by temperament and family environment...
Mental disorders among persons with heart disease - results from World Mental Health surveysJohan Ormel
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:325-34. 2007..Consistency across emotional disorders and cultures would suggest that relatively universal mechanisms underlie the association...
Being admired or being liked: classroom social status and depressive problems in early adolescent girls and boysAlbertine J Oldehinkel
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
J Abnorm Child Psychol 35:417-27. 2007..The risk of a low status in one area could largely be compensated by a high status in another area...
Predictability of the one-year course of depression and generalized anxiety in primary careRob H S van den Brink
Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences and Graduate School of Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, The, Groningen, Netherlands
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 24:156-63. 2002..Nevertheless, the combined predictive power of the prognostic factors remains limited. A realistic evaluation of the accuracy of the PCP prognosis should take this limited predictability into account...
Associations of type-D personality and depression with somatic health in myocardial infarction patientsPeter De Jonge
Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, RB Groningen, The Netherlands
J Psychosom Res 63:477-82. 2007..There is some debate, however, that the association between depression and cardiac prognosis is confounded by somatic health. We therefore compared to what extent depression and type-D personality are associated with somatic health...
Treatment of depression after myocardial infarction and the effects on cardiac prognosis and quality of life: rationale and outline of the Myocardial INfarction and Depression-Intervention Trial (MIND-IT)Rob H S van den Brink
Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Am Heart J 144:219-25. 2002..The Myocardial INfarction and Depression-Intervention Trial (MIND-IT) investigates whether antidepressive treatment can improve the cardiac prognosis for these patients. The rationale and outline of the study are described...
Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders across the worldJohan Ormel
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, and Graduate School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences and Graduate School for Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 192:368-75. 2008..Advocates of expanded mental health treatment assert that mental disorders are as disabling as physical disorders, but little evidence supports this assertion...
HPA-axis activity and externalizing behavior problems in early adolescents from the general population: the role of comorbidity and gender The TRAILS studyRianne Marsman
Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P O Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:789-98. 2008..It would be useful to consider how other risk factors such as life events and family and parenting factors as well as genetic risks affect the complex relationship between externalizing behavior problems and HPA-axis activity...
Rejection sensitivity relates to hypocortisolism and depressed mood state in young womenMattie Tops
Centre for Child and Family Studies, University of Leiden, PO Box 9555, NL 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands
Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:551-9. 2008..The present results have special relevance for mental health problems that have high prevalence among young women...
HPA-axis activity as a predictor of future disruptive behaviors in young adolescentsFrouke E P L Sondeijker
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Psychophysiology 45:398-404. 2008....
Low heart rate: a marker of stress resilience. The TRAILS studyAlbertine J Oldehinkel
Interdisciplinary Center for Psychiatric Epidemiology, Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Biol Psychiatry 63:1141-6. 2008..In this study, we tested the hypothesis that low resting heart rate (HR) and high respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) protect against the detrimental effects of stressors on mental health in early adolescents from the general population...
The dyadic nature of bullying and victimization: testing a dual-perspective theoryRene Veenstra
Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen, Grote Rozenstraat 31, 9712 TG Groningen, The Netherlands
Child Dev 78:1843-54. 2007..In a bully-victim dyad, boys were more often the bullies. There was no finding of sex effect for victimization. Liking reduced and disliking increased the probability of a bully-victim relationship...
Nonresponse to treatment for depression following myocardial infarction: association with subsequent cardiac eventsPeter De Jonge
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9700 RB, The Netherlands
Am J Psychiatry 164:1371-8. 2007..This may be because of the limited effects of antidepressive treatment on depression itself. The authors assessed whether nonresponse to treatment of post-myocardial infarction depression is associated with new cardiac events...
The association between levels of cortisol secretion and fear perception in patients with remitted depression predicts recurrenceAntoinette L Bouhuys
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:478-84. 2006..No gender differences were found. The association between cortisol secretion and fear perception (probably indicative for altered fear circuits in the brain) constitutes a mechanism underlying risk for recurrence of depression...
Stressful life events as a link between problems in nonverbal communication and recurrence of depressionElisabeth H Bos
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 97:161-9. 2007..This study examines whether stressful life events mediate the influence of problems in nonverbal communication on recurrence of depression...
Temperament, parenting, and depressive symptoms in a population sample of preadolescentsAlbertine J Oldehinkel
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47:684-95. 2006..This study focuses on the interaction between temperament, perceived parenting, and gender in relation to depressive problems in a Dutch population sample of preadolescents...
Prediction of depressive disorder following myocardial infarction data from the Myocardial INfarction and Depression-Intervention Trial (MIND-IT)Joost P van Melle
Department of Cardiology, Thorax Centre, University Medical Centre Groningen, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
Int J Cardiol 109:88-94. 2006..Whether depression following MI can be predicted from variables routinely assessed during hospitalization for MI is unknown...
Cognitive, physiological, and personality correlates of recurrence of depressionElisabeth H Bos
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 87:221-9. 2005..We investigated whether individuals with a history of recurrent depression deviate from individuals with a single episode, as regards risk-related variables in 3 different domains of depression research...
Psychosocial and vascular risk factors of depression in later lifeAlbertine J Oldehinkel
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
J Affect Disord 74:237-46. 2003..We examined whether vascular risk factors could be interpreted within the stress-vulnerability model of depression...
Do depressive episodes lead to accumulation of vulnerability in the elderly?Albertine J Oldehinkel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Depress Anxiety 18:67-75. 2003..Although psychosocial scarring may occur in the elderly, our findings tentatively suggest that this accumulation does not manifest itself in major vulnerability indicators such as neuroticism...
Gender differences in the relation between social support, problems in parent-offspring communication, and depression and anxietyKarlien M C Landman-Peeters
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Hanzepiein 1, PO Box 30 001, 9700 Groningen, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 60:2549-59. 2005..Social support does not seem to play a role in the development of anxiety...
Evaluation of non-response bias in mental health determinants and outcomes in a large sample of pre-adolescentsAndrea F de Winter
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Eur J Epidemiol 20:173-81. 2005..We conclude that TRAILS provides a solid basis to improve our understanding of the development of mental health during adolescence...
Are stress related factors associated with alcohol intake?A Jeanne M van Loon
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Med 11:225-35. 2004..We conclude that stress-related factors are only marginally associated with a heavy alcohol intake compared with fair drinking, using the safe limits of drinking as cutoff point...
Communicative skills of general practitioners augment the effectiveness of guideline-based depression treatmentTitus W D P van Os
Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience s, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 84:43-51. 2005..We examined the effect of depression treatment, communicative skills and their interaction on patient outcomes for depression in primary care...
The role of premorbid psychological attributes in short- and long-term adjustment after cardiac disease. A prospective study in the elderly in The NetherlandsCornelia H M van Jaarsveld
Department of Public Health and Health Psychology, Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, University of Groningen, P O Box 196, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 60:1035-45. 2005..The results of this longitudinal study showed that premorbidly assessed psychological attributes do have a role in explaining individual differences in vulnerability to negative consequences of cardiac disease...
Prognostic association of depression following myocardial infarction with mortality and cardiovascular events: a meta-analysisJoost P van Melle
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Groningen, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
Psychosom Med 66:814-22. 2004..To assess the association of depression following myocardial infarction (MI) and cardiovascular prognosis...
Functioning after a major depressive episode: complete or incomplete recovery?Martine A Buist-Bouwman
The Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 82:363-71. 2004....
Comorbid mental disorders account for the role impairment of commonly occurring chronic physical disorders: results from the National Comorbidity SurveyRonald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Occup Environ Med 45:1257-66. 2003..Effectiveness trials in workplace samples are needed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of treating comorbid mental disorders among workers with chronic physical disorders...
Temperament profiles associated with internalizing and externalizing problems in preadolescenceAlbertine J Oldehinkel
University of Groningen, Department of Psychiatry, The Netherlands
Dev Psychopathol 16:421-40. 2004..Girls and boys differed in the distribution across the problem groups, but the associations between temperament and psychopathology were comparable for both genders...
Depressive symptoms in elderly patients predict poor adjustment after somatic eventsPeter De Jonge
Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:57-64. 2004..The authors tested the hypothesis that elderly subjects with premorbid depressive symptoms are at increased risk of poor adjustment after a somatic event...
Does neuroticism explain variations in care service use for mental health problems in the general population? Results from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS)Margreet Ten Have
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, 725, 3500, AS Utrecht, The Netherlands
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:425-31. 2005....
Who is at risk of post-MI depressive symptoms?Titia A Spijkerman
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J Psychosom Res 58:425-32; discussion 433-4. 2005..The aim of this study was to identify cardiologic, psychologic, and demographic risk factors in two groups of patients with post-myocardial infarction (MI) depressive symptoms (in-hospital and during the postdischarge year)...
The role of depressive symptoms in recovery from injuries to the extremities in older persons. A prospective studyGertrudis I J M Kempen
Department of Health Care Studies, Section of Medical Sociology, Maarstricht University, Maarsstricht, The Netherlands
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:14-22. 2003..Previous research suggested that depressive symptoms play a role in recovery after hip fracture. However none of these studies were prospective and included only patients with hip fractures...
Lack of association between conversation partners' nonverbal behavior predicts recurrence of depression, independently of personalityElisabeth H Bos
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, P O Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychiatry Res 142:79-88. 2006..Neuroticism moderated the behavioral effect. The results point to the independent relevance of personality and nonverbal behavior in the long-term course of depressive disorder...
Explaining service use for mental health problems in the Dutch general population: the role of resources, emotional disorder and functional impairmentMargreet Ten Have
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, As, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:285-93. 2006..To analyse explanations of service use in terms of resources, emotional (mood or anxiety) disorder and functional impairment...
Nonverbal behavioral similarity between patients with depression in remission and interviewers in relation to satisfaction and recurrence of depressionErwin Geerts
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Depress Anxiety 23:200-9. 2006..Remitted people's difficulties in reaching nonverbal convergence with others may hamper them in their interpersonal functioning and, as a consequence, may put them at risk for new episodes of depression...
No distinctions between different types of anxiety symptoms in pre-adolescents from the general populationRobert F Ferdinand
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Dr Molewaterplein 60, P O Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Anxiety Disord 20:207-21. 2006..Results indicate that, in a general population sample, it may not be useful to discern children with different types of anxiety symptoms...
Symptom dimensions of depression following myocardial infarction and their relationship with somatic health status and cardiovascular prognosisPeter De Jonge
University of Groningen Department of Psychiatry, The Netherlands
Am J Psychiatry 163:138-44. 2006..The authors' goal was to study the relationship between depressive symptom dimensions following myocardial infarction and both somatic health status and prospective cardiovascular prognosis...
Depressive symptoms in elderly patients after a somatic illness event: prevalence, persistence, and risk factorsPeter De Jonge
Dept of Psychiatry, Univ of Groningen, The Netherlands
Psychosomatics 47:33-42. 2006..Neuroticism increases the risk of experiencing post-event depressive symptoms and is related to their persistence, which suggests the existence of a depression-prone personality...
