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Vidi grant for research into childhood trauma, friendship and mental health 29 June 2023
Anne-Laura van Harmelen – Professor of Professor Brain, Safety and Resilience and one of the coordinators of the Social Resilience and Security interd...
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Fact sheet on placement of children in care 06 May 2022
At the request of the Dutch Parliament, Professor Marielle Bruning, Dr Kartica van der Zon (Dept. of Child Law), Professor Lenneke Alink and Dr Sabine...
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen nominated for Huibregtsen Prize 02 July 2021
Professor of Brain, Safety and Resilience Anne-Laura van Harmelen has been nominated for the Huibregtsen Prize. The winner of the prize will be announ...
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New insights into characteristics of Conduct Disorder with "limited prosocial emotions" 04 May 2021
In a recent study, Dr. Moji Aghajani and colleagues show that adolescents with a severe form of Conduct Disorder (CD) -with limited prosocial emotions...
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More victims of child abuse during lockdown 06 January 2021
The number of victims of child abuse is estimated to be higher during the first lockdown compared with a period without a lockdown. This is mainly due...
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Friendship strengthens mental resilience of adolescents with unpleasant childhood experiences 19 November 2020
As young people’s friendships improve, their mental resilience also increases. This is according to research conducted by Anne-Laura van Harmelen, Pro...
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Liza Cornet wins national final of Famelab 14 September 2020
Neurospyschologist Liza Cornet is the winner of the national final of Famelab. Famelab is an international science communication competition for young...
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‘Don’t just lump together child abuse and child neglect’ 25 May 2020
Child abuse and child neglect are often seen as one and the same problem. But it can be useful to separate the two to gain more insight into the chara...
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Fabiola Diana and Liza Cornet win FameLab Leiden pre-round 30 April 2020
The preliminary round in Leiden was cancelled, in part due to the corona crisis, but three young Leiden researchers were able to take part in the prel...
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Children in court proceedings should be heard at much younger age 02 March 2020
On 2 March 2020 the report Kind in proces: van communicatie naar effectieve participatie (Children in proceedings: from communication towards effectiv...