This review integrates Fredrickson's broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions with
advances in affective neuroscience regarding plasticity in the neural circuitry of emotions to …

• After more than 12 years of development, the ninth edition of the Present State Examination
(PSE-9) was published, together with associated instruments and computer algorithm, in …

Cross-culturele psychologie is de studie van de relaties tussen menselijk gedrag en de
culturele context. In dit handboek komen alle vormen van gedrag aan bod, de belangrijkste …

Reviews the 6 approaches to etiology that now preempt the field—ecological,
developmental, learning, genetic, internal environment, and neurophysiological models …

This chapter introduces readers to a basic model and framework with which to understand
how human cultures influence, and are influenced by, psychological processes and …

Although dementia praecox or schizophrenia has been considered a unique disease entity
for the past century, its definitions and boundaries have continued to vary over this period. At …

• The Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), written at the request of the World
Health Organization/US Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Task Force …

• A crucial problem in psychiatry, affecting clinical work as well as research, is the generally
low reliability of current psychiatric diagnostic procedures. This article describes the …

The concept of insight into psychosis has received scant attention in the psychiatric
literature. Drawing on sources such as phenomenology, clinical research and experimental …

OBJECTIVE: The meaning of the terms “validity” and “utility” as they apply to psychiatric
diagnoses is examined. METHOD: The authors discuss the concepts of validity, utility, and …