215 search results for “depression” in the Public website
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Chronobiology of depression
What are the circadian disturbances underlying depression vulnerability? How are they related to mood, cognition and sleep ?
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Leiden Index of Depression Sensitivity
The Leiden Index of Depression Sensitivity (LEIDS) measures cognitive reactivity (CR) to sadness, an aspect of cognitive vulnerability to depression, conceptually similar to rumination.
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Genetic, biochemical and neural correlates of vulnerability to depression.
How do genetic and environmental factors make us vulnerable to depression?
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Unraveling the Neural Basis of Self-Esteem in Adolescent Depression
What are the social and neural mechanisms that contribute to fluctuations in self-esteem in healthy adolescents and adolescents with depression?
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An online self-help programme for people with HIV and depressive symptoms
To investigate the effectiveness of an online self-help programme for people with HIV and depressive symptoms.
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WARN-D: developing an early warning system for depression in students
My ERC Starting Grant, funded with €1.5 million for 5 years as part of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, is focused on building the early warning system WARN-D to reliably forecast depression in young adults before it occurs. Why depression, and why prediction?
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The neurobiology of depression and the relation between stress, mental health, ageing and chronic illness
I want to understand the overlap between physical health, mental health, and healthy aging and whether/how stress (behaviorally and biologically) may tie these concepts together.
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intervention in comparison with attention only for people with HIV and depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled trial
We found that, next to the effectiveness of the intervention, it’s also very likely that the intervention is cost-effective compared to attention only.
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Direct relationship between depression and inflammation called into question
Depression has traditionally been linked to increased inflammation. Innovative research by psychologist Eiko Fried refutes this popular assumption. He shows that specific depression symptoms such as sleeping problems explain this relationship. Publication in Psychological Medicine .
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self-help and online programs for people with a somatic stressor and depressive symptoms
What is the effectiveness of (booklet or online) self-help programmes for people with somatic stressors and depressive symptoms? What works best for whom? How to improve motivation and adherence?
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No evidence for link between depression and diet
Evidence that the right diet can prevent or alleviate depression is weak. In literature reviews on the subject, the authors often reach strong conclusions, nonetheless. This is what Florian Thomas-Odenthal, a master’s student in Psychology at Leiden University, discovered in his thesis research. Publication…
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Liia Kivelä
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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How do you help a child suffering from depression?
What causes depression in a child and how can they get over it? Leiden Professor of Psychology Bernet Elzinga and behavioural scientist Carine Kielstra recently hosted a webinar on the subject of depression in teenagers. The level of interest was overwhelming.
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for Eiko Fried to develop a personalised early warning system for depression
With a starting grant of the European Research Council (ERC) for promising young researchers, Eiko Fried aims to develop a personalised early warning system, that will reliably forecast depression before it occurs. Fried (Clinical Psychology) talks about this WARN-D, promising to radically transform…
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Mirjam Wever
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Willem van der Does
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jacqueline Guicherit-Dicke
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Julia van den Berg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eiko Fried
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marc Molendijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Niki Antypa
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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RE-PAIR: Unravelling the Impact of Emotional Maltreatment on the Developing Brain
What role do parent-child interactions play in the development, maintenance and treatment of depression in young people?
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Deconstructing depression
PhD defence
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Self-regulation models
... which build on self-regulation and stress-regulation theories and considers the modification of cognitions as a mediator of therapeutic change.
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Myrthe Veenman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Carlotta Rieble
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Loes Janssen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sanne van Luenen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Improving PTSD treatment for adults with childhood trauma (IMPACT-study)
The aim of this project is to investigate the (cost)effectiveness of two innovative forms of trauma-focused therapy for patients with childhood abuse related PTSD. The ultimate goal is to improve quality of care and contribute to treatment innovation for this severely ill target population.
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Lisanne van Houtum
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Patterns of late life depression
PhD defence
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Bernet Elzinga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Do common antibiotic treatments influence emotional processing?
People who have taken antibiotics in the past three months pay more attention to negative facial expressions, according to research by postdoc Katerina Johnson and assistant professor Laura Steenbergen. This may explain how antibiotics increase the risk of developing depression.
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Vivian Kraaij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression: Implications & Prevention
PhD defence
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Elise Dusseldorp: ‘Algorithms can see whom a treatment will work for’
Imagine how much time, money and discomfort it would save: a personalised treatment for each individual patient. Precision medicine like this is coming ever closer, thanks in part to Elise Dusseldorp’s algorithms. They retrieve a wealth of information from research data.
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The migraine triad: chronification, depression, and medication overuse
PhD defence
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Friends when you have autism; challenge or asset?
Positive friendships are characterised by understanding mutual wishes and intentions, respect for each other’s boundaries and pro-social behaviour. Qualities that might be more challenging for autistic adolescents.
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Early signs for good mental health during adolescence: Emotional Intelligence matters
In a longitudinal study, Eichengreen and colleagues explored how the certain aspects of emotional intelligence impact the development of adolescents’ mental health, thus identifying potential warning signs and targets for intervention programs. Despite a higher risk for mental health issues and lesser…
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Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ)
CERQ is a questionnaire measuring cognitive coping strategies developed by Dr. Nadia Garnefski and Dr. Vivian Kraaij.
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Pieter's Corner: The stressed society
Stress, burnout, depression – these conditions pervade all levels of our society. Children and students suffer from constant pressure to achieve; at the international level, tensions lead to short-sighted actions; and, at the personal level, stress affects our health and social environment. How do our…
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Blended Care for Adolescents with Social Anxiety
Is blended care a feasible and effective treatment method for social anxiety in adolescence?
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Australia
This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of the Faculty of Social and Behavoriural Sciences with Macquarie University in Australia.
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Post-doctoral Researcher
Social and Behavioural Sciences, Psychology, Clinical Psychology
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Controlling anxiety in late life (CALL)
Primary Objective: The primary aim of the proposed RCT is to evaluate whether LF-TLP in blended form as an indicated prevention for anxiety complaints is more (cost-) effective than TAU according to the NHG guideline Anxiety. We hypothesize that in comparison to TAU, LF-TLP will result in a significantly…
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Stress, hormones and emotion regulation
What is the role of stress and stress-related hormones in emotion regulation?
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Vici grant for Bernet Elzinga
Prof. Bernet Elzinga (Clinical Psychology Unit) is one of the seven scientists from the Leiden University who has received a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros from NWO. Vici is one of the largest grants for individual scientists in the Netherlands. The funding will enable her to do research for the next…
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Novel receptor concepts
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Involvement in Bullying and Personality
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The SMILE study: Sleep Mood lntervention: Live Effectively a group intervention in students with sleep problems
Can SMILE, our multi-component intervention, which combines cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia, mindfulness, stress, and lifestyle components, improve sleep quality? Can it also improve mood and quality of life and prevent depression and anxiety in the long term?