Philippe Delespaul

A real-life observational study of the effectiveness of FACT in a Dutch mental health region (2008)

Drukker, Marjan, Maarschalkerweerd, Myrte, Bak, Maarten, Driessen, Ger, à Campo, Joost, De Bie, Arthur, ...

Abstract Background ACT is an effective community treatment but causes discontinuity of care between acutely ill and currently stable patient groups. The Dutch variant of ACT, FACT, combines both...

Executive function does not predict coping with symptoms in stable patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia (2008)

Bak, Maarten, Krabbendam, Lydia, Delespaul, Philippe, Huistra, Karola, Walraven, Wil, Van Os, Jim

Abstract Background Associations between coping with and control over psychotic symptoms were examined using the Maastricht Assessment of Coping Strategies-24, testing the hypothesis that the...

Susceptibility to depression expressed as alterations in cortisol day curve: a cross-twin, cross-trait study (2008)

Myin-Germeys, Inez, Jacobs, Nele, Kenis, Gunter, ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine, using a cross-twin cross-trait design, the hypotheses 1) that the genetic and environmental susceptibility to depression is expressed, in part, as alterations in cortisol day...

Premorbid IQ as a predictor for the course of IQ in first onset patients with schizophrenia: A 10-year follow-up study (2006)

Myin-Germeys, Inez, Delespaul, Philippe, Van Os, Jim

The aim of the present study was to examine the longitudinal course of IQ and its heterogeneity in patients with schizophrenia, from the perspective of the two main "subtypes" of schizophrenia...

Abnormal response to metabolic stress in schizophrenia: marker of vulnerability or acquired sensitization? (2004)

Marcelis, Machteld, Cavalier, Etienne, Gielen, Jacques, Delespaul, Philippe, Van Os, Jim

Background. Previous work suggests that individuals with schizophrenia display an altered homovanillic acid (HVA) response to metabolic stress. The present study replicated and extended this...

When Does Experience of Psychosis Result in a Need for Care? A Prospective General Population Study (2003)

Bak, Maarten, Myin-Germeys, Inez, Hanssen, Manon, Bijl, Rob, Vollebergh, Wilma, Delespaul, Philippe, ...

Not all individuals with experience of psychosis develop a need for care. The present study investigated differences in coping strategies and associated levels of perceived control over psychotic...

Depression among older people in Europe: the EURODEP studies

Copeland, John RM, Beekman, Aartjan TF, Braam, Arjan W, Dewey, Michael E, Delespaul, Philippe, Fuhrer, Rebecca, ...

The data from nine centres in Europe which had used the Geriatric Mental Scale (GMS) AGECAT were analysed to compare prevalence of diagnoses in subjects aged 65 years and over living in the...

Depression among older people in Europe: the EURODEP studies

Copeland, John RM, Beekman, Aartjan TF, Braam, Arjan W, Dewey, Michael E, Delespaul, Philippe, Fuhrer, Rebecca, ...

The data from nine centres in Europe which had used the Geriatric Mental Scale (GMS) AGECAT were analysed to compare prevalence of diagnoses in subjects aged 65 years and over living in the...