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Huge advances could be made in the treatment of patients with childhood trauma 21 April 2022
There’s a lot that goes wrong in the treatment of patients with PTSD caused by childhood trauma. Endowed professor Maartje Schoorl wants to resolve th...
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Parental criticism hurts: a glimpse inside the adolescent brain 19 April 2022
It may seem as though adolescents do as they please, but they are more sensitive to their parents’ opinions than they would appear. The adolescent bra...
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What drives Lotte van Dillen, the new Psychology Director of Research? 08 March 2022
Lotte van Dillen has every confidence in the new-style Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology. ‘If we work on the basis of everyone’s good int...
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Psychology Awards 2021 12 January 2022
Psychology teacher of the year is Anouk van der Weiden. The master thesis awards are for Irina Verhülsdonk and Christel Klootwijk. Eliška Procházková ...
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PTSD treatment can help patients with childhood trauma 10 January 2022
Adults who were abused or mistreated as a child and consequently suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can benefit greatly from cognitive ...
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Perspective for people with borderline personality disorder 05 November 2021
‘Raising awareness of the disorder is crucial since borderline personality disorder (BPD) still faces considerable stigma ’, says Anne Krause-Utz (Cli...
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How do adolescents and parents experience parenting in daily life? 23 September 2021
How adolescents perceive parenting is related to their mood. Differences between the perspectives of parents and adolescents are also of importance fo...
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How do you help a child suffering from depression? 08 July 2021
What causes depression in a child and how can they get over it? Leiden Professor of Psychology Bernet Elzinga and behavioural scientist Carine Kielstr...
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LUF grant to take the war out of children 01 July 2021
Sandy Overgaauw has been awarded a 25,000 euro grant from the LUF for her research into PTSD in Syrian refugee children in the Netherlands. The resear...
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Child abuse from generation to generation: what role does the brain play? 28 June 2021
‘We didn’t find any mechanisms in the brain for transmitting child abuse from generation to generation. What we did find is that experiences of neglec...
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Ruth van Vugt: different ways of getting to a job as a clinical psychologist 11 May 2021
Most students of Psychology want to work in mental healthcare (GGZ). This makes the master’s specialisation in Clinical Psychology a logical choice. I...
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Help us prevent student burnout! 30 April 2021
We are looking for students who are 16 years or older and are studying at a Dutch mbo, hbo or university. Our aim is to gain insight into the needs an...
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International appreciation for Eiko Fried 22 March 2021
Eiko Fried (Clinical Psychology) was inspired by the idea of mental disorders as complex properties with "fuzzy boundaries", rather than the categor...
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Coaching sessions by psychology master's students? 15 March 2021
Are you interested in working on your well-being, work-life balance or stress levels? Leiden Psychology students are offering a series of 5 individual...
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How do parents’ brains react to feedback about their child? 11 March 2021
Parents appear to be extremely sensitive to feedback they receive about their child. Just how sensitive depends on the (‘rose-tinted’) glasses through...