Publications by authors named "R R J M Vermeiren"
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- Longitudinal rs-fMRI studies on adolescent internalizing psychopathology are limited; this study investigates functional connectivity (FC) in amygdala subregions and whole-brain networks in treatment-naïve adolescents with clinical depression and anxiety.
- The study involved 23 adolescents starting treatment and 24 healthy controls, assessing FC changes over three months focusing on the laterobasal amygdala (LBA) and centromedial amygdala (CMA).
- Results indicated significant differences in FC development between the groups, with specific changes linked to symptom improvement, underscoring the need to consider amygdala subregions in neuroimaging research for better understanding of mental health in adolescents.
Compulsory interventions, including compulsory nasogastric tube feeding, are sometimes necessary for youth with life-threatening anorexia nervosa. However, these interventions are also potentially traumatic for patients and clinicians alike. To improve early recognition and prevention of compulsory interventions, we evaluated common factors among youth with anorexia nervosa who receive compulsory treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected child and adolescent mental health and at the end of the pandemic (April 2022) child mental health had not returned to pre-pandemic levels. We investigated whether this observed increase in mental health problems has continued, halted, or reversed after the end of the pandemic in children from the general population and in children in psychiatric care.
Methods: We collected parent-reported and child-reported data at two additional post-pandemic time points (November/December 2022 and March/April 2023) in children (8-18 years) from two general population samples ( = 818-1056 per measurement) and one clinical sample receiving psychiatric care ( = 320-370) and compared these with data from before the pandemic.
Background: Psychiatric emergency assessment of minors can be a complex process, especially for professional staff who are not specifically trained in handling child and adolescent emergency patients. As minors cannot usually express their feelings and experiences as well as adults, it is difficult to form an accurate picture of their condition and to determine what kind of emergency care is needed, for instance whether or not a psychiatric emergency admission is necessary. We lack insight in what professionals at emergency departments need to adequately assess these minors and their families.
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