A literature review of outcome and treatment options after acquired brain injury: Suggestions for adult offenders using knowledge from the general population.

Background: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is a major health problem, often with negative effects on behaviour and mental health as well as cognition. Prevalence of ABI is exceptionally high among offenders and increases their re-offending risk. Information on risk factors for ABI and its outcomes among offenders that could guide effective treatment for them is, nevertheless, scarce and dispersed.

Sub-calcaneal plantar fat pad assessment using dual-energy computed tomography: First experience in the diabetic foot.

Background: This study assessed the use of dual-energy computed tomography (CT) to evaluate sub-calcaneal plantar fat pad changes in people with diabetic neuropathy.

Methods: Dual-energy CT scans of people with diabetic neuropathy and non-diabetic controls were retrospectively included. Average CT values (in Hounsfield Units) and thickness (in centimeters) of the sub-calcaneal plantar fat pad were measured in mono-energetic images at two energy levels (40 keV and 70 keV).

[Functioning of the acute psychiatric emergency chain in Amsterdam-Amstelland during the COVID-19 pandemic].

Background: At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were fears that a higher proportion of patients with a psychiatric disorder would find themselves in crisis due to the threat of COVID-19 and the impact of the restrictions. If the emergency mental health department would become blocked this could work through to emergency rooms (ER). Acute psychiatry is also assessed at the ER due to lack of space in the emergency mental health department, this is called ‘overflow’.

Taking care of older caregivers who lose control: The association between mastery and psychopathology.

Objective: In Europe there is a growing number of informal caregivers above 55 years of age, some of whom experience high levels of psychological distress. Our aim is to investigate the prevalence of psychological distress and its association with perceived mastery among elderly informal caregivers.

Methods: In a large representative random sample of citizens from four cities in the Netherlands, we compared psychological distress among older and younger informal caregivers.