140 search results for “forensic psychiatrie” in the Staff website
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Michiel van der WolfFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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A ‘confused person’ is more of a misunderstood person
The person who cried out at Dam Square on Remembrance Day in 2010. For Michiel van der Wolf this marked the rise of a new phenomenon: that of ‘confused people’. Because since that Remembrance Day, the number of reports of ‘confused people’ in the Netherlands has increased rapidly in the statistics.…
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Legitimacy of investigative forensic genetic genealogy (iFGG) within the Art. 8 ECHR regime
PhD defence
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Charles BergerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tina Cambier-LangeveldFaculty of Humanities
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Can extreme antisocial behaviour be traced back to the brain?
The brain structure of young people with conduct disorder differs significantly from that of their typically developing peers. This is the conclusion of an international study that analysed more than two thousand MRI scans, recently published in The Lancet Psychiatry. Dr Moji Aghajani, one of the principal…
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Jochem JansenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Care conferences for long-term forensic patients: demand greater than supply
Care conferences for long-term residents (15+ years) in forensic mental health care are widely appreciated by all parties involved. Research by Leiden University shows that the demand for these meetings is so great that the supply cannot be met within the desired time frame.
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Marcel PheijfferFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eline DekeysterFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ilse van de Groep receives Koningsheide prize for research on feedback
Psychologist Ilse van de Groep found that people react more aggressively when receiving negative feedback. However, if people already exhibit persistent antisocial behavior they do not respond even more aggressively to negative feedback.This research earned her the Koningsheide Prize 2022 for the scientific…
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Young people’s experience of mental health problems help improve medical training and practice
LUMC Curium and the Dutch National Youth Council (NJR) have been working on integrating young people’s lived experiences of mental health problems in medical research and training. The aim is to broaden doctors' and researchers’ perspectives and improve the care offered.
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Professor calls for more focus on brain impairment in offenders
Maaike Kempes believes more attention should be paid to non-congenital brain injuries in suspects. This may partly explain their criminal behaviour.
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Jan Dirk BlomFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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Lips pouted or not? How improved speaker recognition can help forensic investigations
Police investigations use wiretapped phone recordings as investigative material fairly regularly. But how do they know that the voice on the recording actually belongs to the suspect? PhD student Laura Smorenburg is trying to answer that question.
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Guilt and sentencing in the Netherlands: the impact of mental health reports
In one in four criminal cases in the Netherlands, the court receives a report on the state of the defendant’s mental health. How is that information used exactly and what are the consequences? Scientific research has been lacking in this area. The PhD research of Roosmarijn van Es is a first step in…
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Cor VeenmanFaculty of Science
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Meike de Boer: ‘The word 'uh' can help track down suspects’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. PhD candidate Meike de Boer knows everything about the word ‘uh’.
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Geert-Jan WillFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willemijn HeerenFaculty of Humanities
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Alumnus Anne Speckens opened a mindfulness centre in Nijmegen
Professor of Psychiatry Anne Speckens studied medicine in Leiden and did her psychiatry training there too. She opened the Radboudumc Center for Mindfulness in Nijmegen. What does she do there and how does she look back on her time as a student?
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Inge Schilperoord nominated for the Dutch Libris Prize 2016
Psychology alumna Inge Schilperoord works as a forensic psychologist in the Pieter Baan Centre, a psychiatric observation clinic. Her debut novel 'Muidhond' about a man struggling with his paedophilic tendencies, has received the Bronze Owl 2015 for best Dutch debut novel. Schilperoord: 'The detective…
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While doing research on victimhood, Criminology student Sara suffered a serious injury and became a victim herself
In the middle of doing research for her master’s thesis, Sara Kalf (24) was hit by a car and got seriously injured. After a long period of rehabilitation and hard work, this week she can finally add her signature to the wall of the Academy Building’s ‘Sweat Room’.
- Moji Aghajani: "Make your course multidimensional"
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Between street culture and care: young people in hybrid worlds
Young people in forensic practice navigate between street culture, digital networks and care; worlds that are increasingly intertwined. This calls for a different way of seeing and acting. Dual PhD candidate Jeffrey Jhanjan explores how professionals can better understand and support these young peo…
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Gavin RobinsonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hannah DorsmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Samantha VermeulenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willem BruinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fleur MommersteegFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Coralijn NasFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marja Cozijn
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willemien van den DorpelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nutrition and fasting for the brain: why the Keto diet shows promise
Autism, Alzheimer’s, and bipolar disorder: can the development of these mental health conditions be influenced by the ketogenic diet? Increasingly, research suggests it might. 'For those it helps, it can be life-changing,' says neuroscientist Eline Dekeyster.
- Radicalism and Radicalization: Where to Draw the Line?
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Surrogacy processes identified by Leiden University
How many children are born with the help of a surrogate mother in the Netherlands, and which legal obstacles can arise? Through a new interdisciplinary study, researchers at Leiden University are attempting to provide clarity about surrogacy processes.
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Gea van Dam
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Xing Zhao
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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How do we deal with the messy reality of psychiatric diagnoses?
Depression or ADHD? Neatly delineated diagnoses fail to do justice to the infinitely complex reality that they refer to, argues Eiko Fried in a new paper for JAMA Psychiatry. His proposal: to map the underlying mechanisms of mental health problems using a Mental Health Atlas.
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Miranda Boone in NRC: 'Verlof gedetineerden is van wezenlijk belang'
Door aangescherpte verlofregels kunnen gedetineerden niet met verlof, terwijl dat hun re-integratie bevordert.
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Maarten KunstFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sabine van der AsdonkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rosanneke EmmenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Qijia CongFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Whitney de HaanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Moji AghajaniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Camila Espinoza ChaparroFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences