Johan Detraux

Dados Biográficos

ID7635180
NOMEJohan Detraux
PRENOMESJohan
SOBRENOMEDetraux
ASSINATURADETRAUX J
AFILIAÇÕESKU Leuven
ORCID0000-0002-6363-3767
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2011
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2023
ÍNDICE H0

  • Media coverage of Belgium’s first criminal case concerning euthanasia for psychiatric patients

    Open AccessMarc De Hert, Erik Thys et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2023

    Although major Flemish newspapers and magazines generally were neutral in their coverage of the judicial case, major points of contention discussed were: the need for an evaluation and possible amendments to the existing Euthanasia Law, including a revision of the Belgian Control Commission and the system of penalties for physicians, and the absence of any consensus or guidance on how to define psychological suffering

  • Covid-19-Related Mortality Risk in People With Severe Mental Illness

    Open AccessMarc De Hert, Victor Mazereel et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    Background: Increasing clinical evidence suggests that people with severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder (BD), and major depressive disorder (MDD), are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19. Several systematic reviews examining the association between psychiatric disorders and COVID-19-related mortality have recently been published. Although these reviews have been conducted thoroughly, certain …

  • Barriers to Somatic Health Care for Persons With Severe Mental Illness in Belgium

    Open AccessLaurence Kohn, Wendy Christiaens et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    There is an urgent need for integrated somatic and mental healthcare systems and a cultural change. Psychiatrists and primary care providers continue to consider the mental and physical health of their patients as mutually exclusive responsibilities due to a lack of sufficient training and experience, poor or absent liaison links, time constraints and organisational and financial barriers. Modifying these aspects will improve the quality of somat…

  • Covid-19 Vaccination Rates in a Cohort Study of Patients With Mental Illness in Residential and Community Care

    Open AccessVictor Mazereel, Tom Vanbrabant et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Background: Patients with mental illness are at increased risk for COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. Vaccination against COVID-19 is important to prevent or mitigate these negative consequences. However, concerns have been raised over vaccination rates in these patients. Methods: We retrospectively examined vaccine uptake in a large sample of Belgian patients admitted to or residing in a university psychiatric hospital or community mental…

  • Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. I. Prevalence, impact of medications and disparities in health care

    Open AccessMarc De Hert, Christoph U Correll et al.ARTICLEWorld Psychiatry2011

    The lifespan of people with severe mental illness (SMI) is shorter compared to the general population. This excess mortality is mainly due to physical illness. We report prevalence rates of different physical illnesses as well as important individual lifestyle choices, side effects of psychotropic treatment and disparities in health care access, utilization and provision that contribute to these poor physical health outcomes. We searched MEDLINE …