[High quality of research supported by the Netherlands Heart Foundation ('Nederlandse Hartstichting')].

Objective: To assess the quality of scientific research funded by the Netherlands Heart Foundation (NHF), using bibliometrical analysis of published research results, in order to determine whether the resources of the NHF for research were being invested wisely.

Design: Retrospective, descriptive.

Method: The publication data concerning research projects supported by the NHF are digitally archived in a research information system.

The Amsterdam Studies of Acute Psychiatry - II (ASAP-II): a comparative study of psychiatric intensive care units in the Netherlands.

Background: The number of patients in whom mental illness progresses to stages in which acute, and often forced treatment is warranted, is on the increase across Europe. As a consequence, more patients are involuntarily admitted to Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU). From several studies and reports it has become evident that important dissimilarities exist between PICU's.