Laura Shields‐zeeman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3574232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Shields‐zeeman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Shields‐zeeman |
| SIGNATURE | ZEEMAN L S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trimbos Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0923-8771 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Community versus institutionalised care for people with severe mental illness in five countries in Southeast Europe
BACKGROUND: The RECOVER-E project implemented community-based mental healthcare (CMH) oriented at functional recovery in people with schizophrenia, bipolar and severe major depressive disorder in five countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Romania, with the aim to shift care from institutions to communities. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of CMH under real-world circumstances across various healthcare ecologies an…
How physical multimorbidity affected the mental health and healthcare utilization of patients with severe mental illness during the Covid-19 pandemic and earthquakes
People with SMI and CPI are especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic and disasters, as it affects their mental and physical health, leading to increased healthcare utilization. An integrated approach to treating SMI and CPI is necessary for the emergency health response
Challenges facing mental health systems arising from the Covid-19 pandemic
We assessed challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented for mental health systems and the responses to these challenges in 14 countries in Europe and North America. Experts from each country filled out a structured questionnaire with closed- and open-ended questions between January and June 2021. We conducted thematic analysis to investigate the qualitative responses to open-ended questions, and we summarized the responses to closed-ended sur…
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and earthquake on mental health of persons with severe mental illness
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the disruption of mental health services in most countries. Croatia has been developing and strengthening its mental health system, including the introduction of community mental health teams (CMHT) for persons with severe mental illness (SMI), whose implementation was ongoing during the pandemic through the RECOVER-E project. Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the differences in mental health outco…
Lifestyle versus social determinants of health in the Dutch parliament
Although public health scholars increasingly recognize the importance of the social determinants of health (SDOH), health policy outputs tend to emphasize downstream lifestyle factors instead. We use an automated corpus research approach to analyse fourteen years of health policy debate in the Dutch House of Representatives' Health Committee, testing three potential causes of the lack of attention for SDOH: political ideology, by which members of…
Changes in substance use and engagement in gaming/gambling in persons with severe mental illness during the Covid-19 pandemic and earthquakes
In persons with SMI during a double disaster special attention needs to be given to reducing mental-ill health and stress, providing social support and continuity of psychiatric care, through medications and CMHTs
A school-based program to prevent depressive symptoms and strengthen well-being among pre-vocational students (Happy Lessons)
This study was registered on 20 September 2021 in the Dutch Trial Register ( NL9732 )
The Development of an Electronic Clinical Decision and Support System to Improve the Quality of Antenatal Care in Rural Tanzania
It is widely recognised that high quality antenatal care is a key element in maternal healthcare. Tanzania has a very high maternal mortality ratio of 524 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Most maternal deaths are due to preventable causes that can be detected during pregnancy, and antenatal care therefore plays an important role in reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, quality of antenatal care in Tanzania is low: Rese…
Perceived Support for Recovery and Level of Functioning Among People With Severe Mental Illness in Central and Eastern Europe
Background: Many people with severe mental illness experience limitations in personal and social functioning. Care delivered in a person's community that addresses needs and preferences and focuses on clinical and personal recovery can contribute to addressing the adverse impacts of severe mental illness. In Central and Eastern Europe, mental health care systems are transitioning from institutional-based care toward community-based care. The aim …
How does income affect mental health and health behaviours? A quasi-experimental study of the earned income tax credit
BACKGROUND: Although research has repeatedly demonstrated the association between poverty, mental health, and health behaviours, there is limited evidence on the effects of interventions to improve these outcomes by addressing poverty directly. Moreover, most prior studies are often confounded by unobserved characteristics of individuals, making it difficult to inform possible interventions. We addressed this gap in the literature by leveraging q…
The effects of state earned income tax credits on mental health and health behaviors
Mental health system reform in Moldova
In 2014, the Republic of Moldova started a systematic process of reforming its mental health system, implementing priority actions set out in the National Mental Health Programme. The reform entailed a service delivery re-design, instituting mechanisms for collaboration across health and social sectors, and revision of the policy framework. Outcomes of the first 4 years of the reform included: 1) the establishment of a network of mental health se…
Taking steps towards deinstitutionalizing mental health care within a low and middle-income country
AIM: The current research was conducted in the context of an ongoing reform of mental health services in the Republic of Moldova since 2014, where efforts have been devoted to creating community-based mental health services. This article presents a snapshot of the needs of mental health service users in the Republic of Moldova and helps to understand how and with which services their needs can be addressed. METHODS: This cross-sectional study com…
The Bittersweet Effects of Covid-19 on Mental Health
Previous research shows that crises can have both negative and positive mental health effects on the population. The current study explored these effects in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic after relaxation of governmental measures. An online survey was administered among a representative sample of the Dutch population ( n = 1519) in June 2020, ten weeks after the peak of COVID-19 had passed, and five weeks after restrictions were relaxed. Pa…
Maintaining Social Connections in the Setting of Covid-19 Social Distancing
Maintaining Social Connections in the Setting of COVID-19 Social Distancing: A Call to Action Matthew S. Pantell MD, MS, and Laura Shields-Zeeman PhD, MSc Affiliation Matthew S. Pantell is with the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Health and Community, University of California, San Francisco. Laura Shields-Zeeman is with the Department of Mental Health & Prevention, Netherlands Institute for Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, Nether…
Mobilizing community action to improve maternal health in a rural district in Tanzania
Background: Community participation can provide increased understanding and more effective implementation of strategies that seek to improve outcomes for women and newborns. There is limited knowledge on how participatory processes take place and how this affects the results of an intervention.Objective: This paper presents the results of two years of implementing (2013–2015) community groups for maternal health care in Magu District, Tanzania.Me…
Maintaining Social Connections in the Setting of Covid-19 Social Distancing
Maintaining Social Connections in the Setting of COVID-19 Social Distancing: A Call to Action Matthew S. Pantell MD, MS, and Laura Shields-Zeeman PhD, MSc Affiliation Matthew S. Pantell is with the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Health and Community, University of California, San Francisco. Laura Shields-Zeeman is with the Department of Mental Health & Prevention, Netherlands Institute for Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, Nether…
How does income affect mental health and health behaviours? A quasi-experimental study of the earned income tax credit
BACKGROUND: Although research has repeatedly demonstrated the association between poverty, mental health, and health behaviours, there is limited evidence on the effects of interventions to improve these outcomes by addressing poverty directly. Moreover, most prior studies are often confounded by unobserved characteristics of individuals, making it difficult to inform possible interventions. We addressed this gap in the literature by leveraging q…
The effects of state earned income tax credits on mental health and health behaviors
Mobilizing community action to improve maternal health in a rural district in Tanzania
Background: Community participation can provide increased understanding and more effective implementation of strategies that seek to improve outcomes for women and newborns. There is limited knowledge on how participatory processes take place and how this affects the results of an intervention.Objective: This paper presents the results of two years of implementing (2013–2015) community groups for maternal health care in Magu District, Tanzania.Me…
Mental health system reform in Moldova
In 2014, the Republic of Moldova started a systematic process of reforming its mental health system, implementing priority actions set out in the National Mental Health Programme. The reform entailed a service delivery re-design, instituting mechanisms for collaboration across health and social sectors, and revision of the policy framework. Outcomes of the first 4 years of the reform included: 1) the establishment of a network of mental health se…
Taking steps towards deinstitutionalizing mental health care within a low and middle-income country
AIM: The current research was conducted in the context of an ongoing reform of mental health services in the Republic of Moldova since 2014, where efforts have been devoted to creating community-based mental health services. This article presents a snapshot of the needs of mental health service users in the Republic of Moldova and helps to understand how and with which services their needs can be addressed. METHODS: This cross-sectional study com…
The Bittersweet Effects of Covid-19 on Mental Health
Previous research shows that crises can have both negative and positive mental health effects on the population. The current study explored these effects in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic after relaxation of governmental measures. An online survey was administered among a representative sample of the Dutch population ( n = 1519) in June 2020, ten weeks after the peak of COVID-19 had passed, and five weeks after restrictions were relaxed. Pa…
Maintaining Social Connections in the Setting of Covid-19 Social Distancing
Maintaining Social Connections in the Setting of COVID-19 Social Distancing: A Call to Action Matthew S. Pantell MD, MS, and Laura Shields-Zeeman PhD, MSc Affiliation Matthew S. Pantell is with the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Health and Community, University of California, San Francisco. Laura Shields-Zeeman is with the Department of Mental Health & Prevention, Netherlands Institute for Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, Nether…
The Development of an Electronic Clinical Decision and Support System to Improve the Quality of Antenatal Care in Rural Tanzania
It is widely recognised that high quality antenatal care is a key element in maternal healthcare. Tanzania has a very high maternal mortality ratio of 524 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Most maternal deaths are due to preventable causes that can be detected during pregnancy, and antenatal care therefore plays an important role in reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, quality of antenatal care in Tanzania is low: Rese…
Perceived Support for Recovery and Level of Functioning Among People With Severe Mental Illness in Central and Eastern Europe
Background: Many people with severe mental illness experience limitations in personal and social functioning. Care delivered in a person's community that addresses needs and preferences and focuses on clinical and personal recovery can contribute to addressing the adverse impacts of severe mental illness. In Central and Eastern Europe, mental health care systems are transitioning from institutional-based care toward community-based care. The aim …
How does income affect mental health and health behaviours? A quasi-experimental study of the earned income tax credit
BACKGROUND: Although research has repeatedly demonstrated the association between poverty, mental health, and health behaviours, there is limited evidence on the effects of interventions to improve these outcomes by addressing poverty directly. Moreover, most prior studies are often confounded by unobserved characteristics of individuals, making it difficult to inform possible interventions. We addressed this gap in the literature by leveraging q…
The effects of state earned income tax credits on mental health and health behaviors
A school-based program to prevent depressive symptoms and strengthen well-being among pre-vocational students (Happy Lessons)
This study was registered on 20 September 2021 in the Dutch Trial Register ( NL9732 )
Challenges facing mental health systems arising from the Covid-19 pandemic
We assessed challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented for mental health systems and the responses to these challenges in 14 countries in Europe and North America. Experts from each country filled out a structured questionnaire with closed- and open-ended questions between January and June 2021. We conducted thematic analysis to investigate the qualitative responses to open-ended questions, and we summarized the responses to closed-ended sur…
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and earthquake on mental health of persons with severe mental illness
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the disruption of mental health services in most countries. Croatia has been developing and strengthening its mental health system, including the introduction of community mental health teams (CMHT) for persons with severe mental illness (SMI), whose implementation was ongoing during the pandemic through the RECOVER-E project. Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the differences in mental health outco…
Lifestyle versus social determinants of health in the Dutch parliament
Although public health scholars increasingly recognize the importance of the social determinants of health (SDOH), health policy outputs tend to emphasize downstream lifestyle factors instead. We use an automated corpus research approach to analyse fourteen years of health policy debate in the Dutch House of Representatives' Health Committee, testing three potential causes of the lack of attention for SDOH: political ideology, by which members of…
Changes in substance use and engagement in gaming/gambling in persons with severe mental illness during the Covid-19 pandemic and earthquakes
In persons with SMI during a double disaster special attention needs to be given to reducing mental-ill health and stress, providing social support and continuity of psychiatric care, through medications and CMHTs
Community versus institutionalised care for people with severe mental illness in five countries in Southeast Europe
BACKGROUND: The RECOVER-E project implemented community-based mental healthcare (CMH) oriented at functional recovery in people with schizophrenia, bipolar and severe major depressive disorder in five countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Romania, with the aim to shift care from institutions to communities. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of CMH under real-world circumstances across various healthcare ecologies an…
How physical multimorbidity affected the mental health and healthcare utilization of patients with severe mental illness during the Covid-19 pandemic and earthquakes
People with SMI and CPI are especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic and disasters, as it affects their mental and physical health, leading to increased healthcare utilization. An integrated approach to treating SMI and CPI is necessary for the emergency health response
Medicine (14 works) · Mental health (13 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Population (6 works)