Psychotherapy, family and couple research and perinatal mental health
Background and research focus
Background
The research group originated from the clinical work within the field of couple and family therapy, (forensic) psychiatry (especially in mood and eating disorders), perinatal mental health and consultation and liaisonpsychiatry (CLP).
Research focus
The current research focuses on:
a) psychosocial functioning (relational needs, attachment, family accommodation, dyadic and family functioning,….) of patients with different psychiatric and somatic disorders (mood and eating disorders, OCD, transplantation, …),
b) the effectiveness of psychotherapy (multiple family therapy, family psychoeducation, group CBT, …) in the treatment of different psychiatric disorders
c) mental health problems in the perinatal period.
Members
Professors and Guest Professors
Gilbert Lemmens (contact person)
Postdoctoral researchers
Anne Nobels (Department of Public Health and Primary Care)
PhD candidates
Nele Van de Velde : Electroconvulsive therapy: facilitators and barriers affecting clinical practice (Dept. of Head and Skin, Ghent University/Dept. of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital)
Pieter-Jan Geerts: Experiences and roles of significant others during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) (Dept. of Head and Skin, Ghent University)
Hannelore Tandt: Family accomodation in Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (Dept. of Head and Skin, Ghent University/Dept. of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital)
Jakob Christiaens: The experience of compulsory admissions in youth with ASD: a family perspective (Dept. of Head and Skin, Ghent University/Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital)
Sarah Vandewalle: The perinatal period: a window of opportunity for change and recovery among (expecting) mothers who use substances (Department of special needs education, Ghent University)
Rita Van Damme: An integrated health care path for perinatal mental health: from detection to screening (Dept. of Head and Skin, Ghent University/Dept. of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital)
Cisse Geleyn: A feasibility study of the implementation of psilocybine-assisted therapy in a residential treatment setting for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) (Dept. of Head and Skin, Ghent University/Dept. of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital)
National and international collaborations
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Lesley Verhofstadt, Department of Experimental clinical and health psychology, Faculty of psychology and educational sciences, Ghent University
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Wouter Vanderplasschen, Department of special needs education, Ghent University
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Pascal Sienaert, University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium
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Sofie Verhaeghe, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University
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Chris Baeken, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent University
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Christine Purdon, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Sarah De Pauw, Department of special needs education, Ghent University
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Kim P.C. Kuypers, Dept. of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Mathieu Seynaeve, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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Ellen Boldrup Tingleff, Mental Health Research Unit (Middelfart/Vejle), Department of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health Science, University of Southern Denmark & Psychiatric Department Vejle, Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark.
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Susan Walker, Division of Psychiatry, University College London Ringgold Standard Institution, London, UK
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Karlien Dhondt, Dept. of Head and Skin, Ghent University/Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital
Defended PhDs (last 5 years)
Interpersonal emotion regulation in couples facing perinatal depression
Pauline Verhelst
'Drop-it': a cognitive behavioural group intervention focusing on repetitive negative thinking
Roland Rogiers (2023)