Depression

TO_Aition

TO_Aition

Research projects TO_Aition Research project Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) such as myocardial infarction and stroke constitute the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, accounting for 3.9 million deaths in Europe (45% [...]

BLOK

BLOK

Research projects BLOK Research project The BLOK study aims to treat sleep disorders in older patients with mood disorders. It is conducted at the department of elderly psychiatry at GGZ inGeest. Sleep disorders [...]

MODECT

MODECT

Research projects MODECT Research project The MODECT project (Mood Disorders in Elderly treated with ECT) is a clinical cohort study of severely depressed elderly on the efficacy, safety and potential working mechanisms of ECT [...]

POINTR

POINTR

Research projects POINTR Research project The role of self-reliance in psychiatric disorders: The mixed-methods project “POINTR” sets out to understand individual differences Voor Nederlands – Scroll naar beneden! Latest news Download [...]

The sustainability of resilience in older persons

The sustainability of resilience in older persons

Research projects The sustainability of resilience in older persons Research project Success breeds success? A mixed-methods study of the sustainability of resilience in older persons Latest news Read the Dutch factsheet, [...]

TEMPO

TEMPO

Research projects TEMPO Research project Trial Examining Methods for Antidepressant Discontinuation TEMPO (Trial Examining Methods For Antidepressant Discontinuation) is a multi-centered double-blind randomized controlled trial of two different discontinuation strategies of [...]

T-BIDE

T-BIDE

Research projects T-BIDE Research project Efficacy of rTMS in Bipolar Depression With T-BIDE we aim to investigate the efficacy of low-frequency rTMS treatment in patients with treatment resistant bipolar depression. For [...]

Stress in Action

Stress in Action

Research projects Stress in Action Research project Bringing the science of stress to daily-life The Stress in Action (SiA) Consortium aims to gain insight into the causes and consequences of daily-life stress, and [...]

RESET – Psychotherapy

RESET – Psychotherapy

Research projects RESET (REStoring mood in Early life Trauma) – Psychotherapy Research project REStoring mood after Early life Trauma - the efficacy of trauma-focused therapy in patients with depression and childhood trauma [...]

RESET – Medication

RESET – Medication

Research projects RESET (REStoring mood in Early life Trauma) - Medication Research project The RESET-medication study is a 6-week double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial testing the efficacy of a 1-week treatment of the [...]

RECALL

RECALL

Research projects RECALL Research project The RECALL project (Rivastigmine for ECT-included Cognitive Adverse effects in Late Life Depression) is a double blind placebo controlled crossover trial at the department of old [...]

REACT

REACT

Research projects REACT Research project Brain dynamics in childhood trauma-related depression Many psychiatric conditions, including major depressive disorder (MDD), have been increasingly associated with dysfunctions in brain-wide network connectivity. Such network [...]

PERCIM

PERCIM

Research projects PERCIM Research project Although depression is recognized as a major public health burden, depression treatments are effective in only around two-thirds of patients. One of the likely causes for [...]

OPERA

OPERA

Research projects OPERA Research project OPERA is the Dutch study on Optimal, PERsonalized Antidepressant use. Over 1 million Dutch persons get an antidepressant medication prescribed, with depression as main indicator. The [...]

NESDO

NESDO

Research projects NESDO Research project NESDO, the Netherlands Study of Depression in Older persons, is a multi-site naturalistic prospective cohort study to examine the determinants, the course and the consequences of [...]

NESDA

NESDA

Research projects NESDA Research project Depression and anxiety disorders are common at all ages. Approximately one out of three people in the Netherlands will be faced with them at some time [...]

MOTAR

MOTAR

Research projects MOTAR Research project The MOTAR study (MOod Treatment with Antidepressants or Running) compares the treatment with antidepressants and runningtherapy in patients diagnosed with depression and anxiety. The study is looking into [...]

MARIO

MARIO

Research projects MARIO Research project The MARIO project (Mood And Resilience In Offsping) is a cooperation between Amsterdam UMC/VUmc and Erasmus MC and other organisations, led by prof. Brenda Penninx and [...]

INFLAMED

INFLAMED

Research projects INFLAMED Research project Precision psychiatry: Anti-inflammatory medication in Immuno-metabolic depression (INFLAMED) Depression is a major driver of disability and related health-care costs. Available treatment options are far from optimal, with [...]

ENIGMA-MDD

ENIGMA-MDD

Research projects ENIGMA-MDD Research project ENIGMA-MDD is a working group of the ENIGMA consortium aimed at imaging markers discriminating MDD patients from healthy controls using an individual participant, data based meta-analysis. [...]

EINSTEIN

EINSTEIN

Research projects EINSTEIN Research project Patients suffering from major depression often simultaneously meet the DSM-5 criteria for insomnia. These patients are known to have a lower quality of life and worse treatment [...]

EarlyCause

EarlyCause

EarlyCause Research project It has been shown that early life stress can have long-lasting consequences on human health, and impact psychological and physiological processes later in life. Some of the diseases which are most [...]

ZonMw grant to study Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in people with therapy-resistant depression

ZonMw grant to study Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in people with therapy-resistant depression

A team of depression researchers from different organizations, led by psychiatrist Annemiek Dols of Amsterdam UMC, is awarded a grant of 740,000 euros from the Dutch organization for health research ZonMw. With the funding from ZonMw, the clinical scientists will [...]

Hersenstichting grant for RCT on treatment of immuno-metabolic depression

Hersenstichting grant for RCT on treatment of immuno-metabolic depression

Hersenstichting grant for RCT on treatment of immuno-metabolic depression Femke Lamers and Yuri Milaneschi, both assistant professors at Amsterdam UMC & GGZ inGeest have been awarded with a €500.000 grant from the Hersenstichting (The Brain Foundation Netherlands, [...]

Consortium receives grant to improve Precision Electroconvulsive therapy for people suffering from depression

Consortium receives grant to improve Precision Electroconvulsive therapy for people suffering from depression

A consortium of depression researchers, led by psychiatrist Annemiek Dols, receives 600,000 euro from the Dutch organization for health research ZonMw. With this ZonMw grant, the clinical scientists analyze and advance electroconvulsive therapy for people suffering from depression. The consortium [...]