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2023
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2023

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Aartjan T.F. Beekman is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and medicine, with a significant number of publications in clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. Subfields of study also include experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and general health professions.

Their work covers various main topics, such as:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Beekman has contributed to multiple frequent publication venues, including:

  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Psychological Medicine

Among recent papers, some notable works are:

  • Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • The Genetic Architecture of Depression in Individuals of East Asian Ancestry, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Internet and Computer-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Depressive and anxiety disorders in concert-A synthesis of findings on comorbidity in the NESDA study, 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Affect fluctuations examined with ecological momentary assessment in patients with current or remitted depression and anxiety disorders, 2020, Psychological Medicine

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Femke Lamers
  • Jack Dekker
  • Brenda W.J.H. Penninx
  • Almar A. L. Kok
  • Annemiek Dols

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Criterion validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D): results from a community-based sample of older subjects in The Netherlands.

    A. T. F. Beekman;D. J. H. Deeg;J. Van Limbeek;A. W. Braam

  • Review of community prevalence of depression in later life.

    Aartjan T. F. Beekman;John R. M. Copeland;Martin J. Prince

  • Depression and cardiac mortality: results from a community-based longitudinal study.

    Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Aartjan T.F. Beekman;Adriaan Honig;Dorly J.H. Deeg

  • Depression as a risk factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus. A meta-analysis

    M J Knol;Jos W R Twisk;Jos W R Twisk;Aartjan T F Beekman;R. J. Heine

  • Depression and the risk for cardiovascular diseases: systematic review and meta analysis

    Koen Van der Kooy;Hein van Hout;Harm Marwijk;Haan Marten

  • The Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA): rationale, objectives and methods.

    B.W.J.H. Penninx;A.T.F. Beekman;J.H Smit;F.G. Zitman

  • Comorbidity Patterns of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in a Large Cohort Study: the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)

    Femke Lamers;Patricia van Oppen;Hannie C. Comijs;Johannes H. Smit

  • Development of the EURO-D scale--a European, Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres.

    M. J. Prince;F. Reischies;A. T. F. Beekman;R. Fuhrer

  • Anxiety and Depression in Later Life: Co-Occurrence and Communality of Risk Factors

    Aartjan T.F. Beekman;Edwin de Beurs;Anton J.L.M. van Balkom;Dorly J.H. Deeg

  • Evidence for a differential role of HPA-axis function, inflammation and metabolic syndrome in melancholic versus atypical depression

    F. Lamers;N. Vogelzangs;K. R. Merikangas;de Peter Jonge

  • Feelings of loneliness, but not social isolation, predict dementia onset: results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)

    Tjalling Jan Holwerda;Dorly J H Deeg;Aartjan T F Beekman;Theo G van Tilburg

  • Major and minor depression in later life: a study of prevalence and risk factors

    Aartjan T.F. Beekman;Dorly J.H Deeg;Theo van Tilburg;Jan H. Smit

  • Minor and Major Depression and the Risk of Death in Older Persons

    B. W. J. H. Penninx;S. W. Geerlings;D. J. H. Deeg;J. T. M. Van Eijk

  • Anxiety disorders in later life: a report from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam.

    Aartjan T. F. Beekman;Marijke A. Bremmer;Dorly J. H. Deeg;Anton J. L. M. Van Balkom

  • Duration of major depressive episodes in the general population: Results from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS)

    Jan Spijker;Ron De Graaf;Rob V. Bijl;Aartjan T.F. Beekman

  • The efficacy of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in treating depressive and anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of direct comparisons

    Pim Cuijpers;Marit Sijbrandij;Sander L. Koole;Gerhard Andersson

  • Preventing the Onset of Depressive Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review of Psychological Interventions

    Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Filip Smit;Cathrine Mihalopoulos

  • Prevalence and risk indicators of depression in elderly nursing home patients: the AGED study

    K. Jongenelis;A.M. Pot;A.M.H. Eisses;A.T.F. Beekman

  • The Natural History of Late-Life Depression: A 6-Year Prospective Study in the Community

    Aartjan T. F. Beekman;Sandra W. Geerlings;Dorly J. H. Deeg;Jan H. Smit

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorly J. H. Deeg
Dorly J. H. Deeg University of Amsterdam
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Robert A. Schoevers
Robert A. Schoevers University Medical Center Groningen
Harm W.J. van Marwijk
Harm W.J. van Marwijk Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Hannie C. Comijs
Hannie C. Comijs VU University Medical Center
Jack Dekker
Jack Dekker Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Johannes H. Smit
Johannes H. Smit Leiden University Medical Center
Ron de Graaf
Ron de Graaf Utrecht University
Max L. Stek
Max L. Stek Leiden University Medical Center

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