Publications by authors named "C Ten Kate"
Background: Several studies have observed that mentalization-based treatment (MBT) is an effective treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD), but its effectiveness for other personality disorders (PDs) has hardly been examined. Additionally, the evidence supporting the claim that MBT improves mentalizing capacity is scarce. The present study examined whether (i) patients with a broad range of PDs enrolled in an MBT program would improve on several outcome measures (ii) mentalizing capacity would improve over time; (iii) patients with BPD would improve more than those with non-borderline PDs.
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- Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are valuable tools in pediatric surgery research, providing insights into outcomes important to patients.
- A review of literature from 2021 to 2023 identified 49 studies using PROMs for various pediatric conditions, revealing that while 29 different PROMs exist, only 12 were considered psychometrically robust.
- The findings highlight gaps in the effective use of PROMs and suggest a need for further development, impact assessments, and research on implementation strategies.
The growing population of survivors following pediatric surgery emphasizes the importance of long-term follow-up. The impact of surgical scars on daily life can be evaluated through patient-reported outcome measurements. The Stony Brook Scar Evaluation Scale (SBSES) and SCAR-Q questionnaire are two interesting instruments for this purpose.
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- Both schizophrenia (SCZ) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) exhibit mentalizing difficulties, but the effects of mentalization-based treatment (MBT) differ between these disorders.
- A study assessed mentalizing capacity in 26 SCZ and 28 BPD patients before and after an 18-month MBT program using the thematic apperception test.
- Results indicated that BPD patients showed significant improvement in mentalizing skills, like understanding social causality and emotional investment in relationships, while SCZ patients who received MBT only improved in understanding social causality compared to those who did not receive the treatment.
The importance of multidisciplinary long-term follow-up for adults born with esophageal atresia (EA) is increasingly recognized. Hence, a valid, condition-specific instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) becomes imperative. This study aimed to develop and validate such an instrument for adults with EA.
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