• Addictive behaviours and public health interventions
• Brief psychological therapies
• Closing the Gap
• Economics of addiction and mental health
• Forensic Mental Health
• Mental and physical multimorbidity
• Mental health evidence synthesis
• Mental health workforce
• Primary care mental health
• Tobacco and mental health
• Trials
• Qualitative research on alcohol in community pharmacy
• Human-animal interaction and mental health
• Student Psychological Wellbeing
• Translational research into the interface of physical and mental health
  • Conversion disorder/functional neurological disorder
  • Pain and mental health
  • Diabetes and depression
  • Physical symptoms and quality of life
  • Patient engagement
  • Work stress and resilience
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Long COVID
• Closing the Gap theme page
• Digital Mental Health

Publications

Several publications were prepared with the Clinical Centre of Excellence for Body, Mind and Health and Tilburg University, on the topic of:

Misdiagnosis in CD/FND

PMID: 32464427

Misdiagnosis of an underlying medical condition as Conversion Disorder/Functional Neurological Disorder (CD/FND) still occurs.
van der Feltz-Cornelis CM, Allen SF, van Eck van der Sluijs JF.Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2020 Jul-Aug;65:43-46. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 May 13.PMID: 32464427 No abstract available.

PMID: 28814874
La belle indifférence revisited: a case report on progressive supranuclear palsy misdiagnosed as conversion disorder.
van Meerkerk-Aanen PJ, de Vroege L, Khasho D, Foruz A, van Asseldonk JT, van der Feltz-Cornelis CM.Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2017 Aug 2;13:2057-2067. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S130475. eCollection 2017.PMID: 28814874 Free PMC article.

S. Keulen, P. Mariën, K. van Dun, T. D’aes, L. de Page, L. de Vroege, P. Van Schuerbeek, H. Raeymaekers, J. De Mey, R. Bastiaanse, C. van der Feltz-Cornelis, P. Paquier, F. Van Overwalle, J. Verhoeven. Functional Foreign Accent Syndrome in suspected Conversion Disorder: A case study. The European Journal of Psychiatry, 2020, ISSN 0213-6163, doi: /10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.08.002.

Neurocognitive functioning in CD/FND

PMID: 32223071
Neurocognitive functioning in patients with conversion disorder/functional neurological disorder.
de Vroege L, Koppenol I, Kop WJ, Riem MME, van der Feltz-Cornelis CM.J Neuropsychol. 2020 Mar 29. doi: 10.1111/jnp.12206. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32223071

De Vroege L, Khasho D, Foruz A, van der Feltz-Cornelis CM. Cognitive rehabilitation treatment for mental slowness in Conversion disorder. A case report. Cogent Psychology 2017;4:1348328. doi:10.1080/ 23311908.2017.1348328.

Childhood sexual abuse in CD/FND

PMID: 32031757
Childhood sexual abuse predicts treatment outcome in conversion disorder/functional neurological disorder. An observational longitudinal study.
Van der Feltz-Cornelis CM, Allen SF, Van Eck van der Sluijs JF.Brain Behav. 2020 Mar;10(3):e01558. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1558. Epub 2020 Feb 7.PMID: 32031757 Free PMC article.

 Systemic low-grade inflammation

Christina M. van der Feltz-Cornelis, Marjan Bakker, Arvind Kaul, Taco W. Kuijpers, Roland von Känel, Jonna F. van Eck van der Sluijs. IL-6 and hsCRP in Somatic Symptom Disorders and related disorders. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health. Volume 9, 2020, 100176, ISSN 2666-3546, doi:/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100176.

Several publications were prepared with the CANDO team:

Van Der Feltz-Cornelis CM, Brabyn S, Allen SF, Reilly J, Clarke C, de Vroege L, Gilbody S, Whittington M, Lagos D. Conversion and Neuro-inflammation Disorder Observational Study (CANDO). Study protocol of a feasibility study. Eur J Psychiatry 2020; 34:3:164-172. Doi /10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.04.002

Ratcliff J, van der Feltz-Cornelis CM. Conversion disorder/functional neurological disorder – a narrative review on current research into its pathological mechanism. Eur J Psychiatry 2020; 34:3:143-152. doi:/10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.03.004

van der Feltz-Cornelis CM, Brabyn S, Ratcliff J, Varley D, Allgar V, Gilbody S, Clarke C, Lagos D. Assessment of cytokines, microRNA and patient related outcome measures in conversion disorder/functional neurological disorder (CD/FND): The CANDO clinical feasibility study. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health 2021; 13, 100228, ISSN 2666-3546. doi /10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100228.