prof. dr. W.A. (Wim) Veling

Virtual Reality

VRelax - Virtual Reality relaxation for self-management of stress in patients with psychiatric symptoms. Pilot study ongoing.

Dynamic Interactive Social Cognition Virtual Reality Training for patients with psychosis or autism; in collaboration with GGZ Drenthe (Marieke Pijnenborg) and Erasmus MC (Kirstin Greaves-Lord). RCT ongoing. PhD student: Saskia Nijman.

Virtual Reality Aggression Prevention Training for reducing victimization in forensic clinics; Tilburg University (Stefan Bogaerts). RCT ongoing. Postdoc: Iulia Lefter (TU Delft), PhD student: Stéphanie Klein Tuente.

Virtual Reality Experiments Linking Inflammation, Psychosis and Social Environment; Erasmus MC (Hemmo Drexhage, Veerle Bergink) / Parnassia (Wijbrand Hoek). PhD student: Jacqueline Counotte.

Virtual Reality cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis; VU University (Mark van der Gaag). RCT completed. PhD students: Roos Pot-Kolder, Chris Geraets.

Epidemiology & Early Intervention studies 

Identification and treatment of early symptoms of psychiatric problems in youth; VUmc Amsterdam (Theo Doreleijers). Screening and intervention study completed. Phd student: Saliha el Bouhaddani.

Predictors of symptomatic and functional outcome after a first episode of psychosis (FEP) clinical staging, prognostic model, risk calculator; RUG (Stynke Castelein). 

Cognitieve REmediatie en Werk (CREW), RCT cognitive remediation as addition to individual placement and support for patients with first episode psychosis; Tilburg University (Jaap van Weeghel, Hans Kroon). PhD student: Daniëlle van Duin.

Global Mental Health

Psychotic disorders in an African setting: Incidence, early course, and treatment pathways, Columbia University New York, USA (Ezra Susser) / University of Kwazulu-Natal Durban, South Africa (Jonathan Burns). PI Wijbrand Hoek, Parnassia. PhD student: Martine van der Zeijst.

The Azeri Recent Onset Psychosis Survey: establishing a longitudinal recent onset psychosis cohort study in Iran; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, RUG/UMCG (Richard Bruggeman, Behrooz Alizadeh). PhD student: Sarah Farhang.

Colouring outside the Lines: Ethnic differences in Onset, Course and Outcome of Psychosis in New York State; Columbia University (Ezra Susser, Lisa Dixon). Rubicon project of postdoc Els van der Ven.

Migrants Examined for Determinants of psychopathology through INternet Assessment (MEDINA) study: a cross-sectional study among visitors of an Internet community. RUG/UMCG (Robert Schoevers, Lian van der Krieke). PhD student: Madelien van de Beek.