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Dike van de Mheen is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily within health professions, psychology, and medicine. The main focus areas include substance abuse treatment and outcomes, homelessness and social issues, mental health and patient involvement, mental health treatment and access, workplace health and well-being, health policy implementation science, and alcohol consumption and health effects.

Their scholarly output covers both broad and specific topics in health and psychology with emphasis on clinical and social aspects. The following are the key topics explored in their work:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects

The subfields of study represented in their research include general health professions, clinical psychology, epidemiology, social psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology. This multidisciplinary approach supports their investigations across various dimensions of health and social sciences.

Key publication venues where van de Mheen's work has appeared include:

  • Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
  • BMJ Open
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • TSG - Tijdschrift voor gezondheidswetenschappen

Their recent scholarly papers encompass studies addressing diverse health and social topics, including addiction recovery, health concepts, and large-scale meta-analyses. Selected recent works are:

  • "Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "Concepts of health in different contexts: a scoping review" (2022, BMC Health Services Research)
  • "Comparing three stages of addiction recovery: long-term recovery and its relation to housing problems, crime, occupation situation, and substance use" (2020, Drugs Education Prevention and Policy)
  • "The Strengths and Barriers Recovery Scale (SABRS): Relationships Matter in Building Strengths and Overcoming Barriers" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Are members of mutual aid groups better equipped for addiction recovery? European cross-sectional study into recovery capital, social networks, and commitment to sobriety" (2020, Drugs Education Prevention and Policy)

Van de Mheen has collaborated frequently with researchers including Andrea D. Rozema, Rob Bovens, Thomas F. Martinelli, Jaap van Weeghel, and Evelien Brouwers. These cooperative engagements reflect recurring partnerships in study development and publication.

Best Publications

  • Online video game addiction: identification of addicted adolescent gamers.

    Antonius J. Van Rooij;Tim M. Schoenmakers;Ad A. Vermulst;Regina J.J.M. Van Den Eijnden

  • Internet addiction in adolescents: prevalence and risk factors

    Daria J Kuss;Antonius J van Rooij;Gillian W Shorter;Mark D Griffiths

  • Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Desana Kocevska;Thom S Lysen;Aafje Dotinga;M Elisabeth Koopman-Verhoeff

  • The (co-)occurrence of problematic video gaming, substance use, and psychosocial problems in adolescents

    Antonius J. van Rooij;Daria J. Kuss;Mark D. Griffiths;Gillian W. Shorter

  • Compulsive Internet use: the role of online gaming and other internet applications.

    Antonius J. van Rooij;Tim M. Schoenmakers;Regina J.J.M. van de Eijnden;Dike van de Mheen

  • How economic crises affect alcohol consumption and alcohol-related health problems: A realist systematic review

    Moniek C. M. de Goeij;Marc Suhrcke;Veronica Toffolutti;Dike van de Mheen

  • Educational differences in excessive alcohol consumption: The role of psychosocial and material stressors

    M. Droomers;C. T. M. Schrijvers;K. Stronks;D. Van De Mheen

  • Video gaming in a hyperconnected world: A cross-sectional study of heavy gaming, problematic gaming symptoms, and online socializing in adolescents

    Michelle Colder Carras;Antonius J. Van Rooij;Antonius J. Van Rooij;Dike Van de Mheen;Dike Van de Mheen;Rashelle Musci

  • Maternal educational level and children’s healthy eating behaviour: role of the home food environment (cross-sectional results from the INPACT study)

    Wilke J. C. van Ansem;Carola T. M. Schrijvers;Gerda Rodenburg;Dike van de Mheen;Dike van de Mheen

  • Illicit drug use and injuries: A review of emergency room studies.

    Salvatore Vitale;Dike van de Mheen

  • Video game addiction test: validity and psychometric characteristics.

    Antonius J van Rooij;Tim M Schoenmakers;Regina J J M van den Eijnden;Ad A Vermulst

  • Associations of parental feeding styles with child snacking behaviour and weight in the context of general parenting.

    Gerda Rodenburg;Stef P J Kremers;Anke Oenema;Dike van de Mheen

  • Non-response bias in a sample survey on alcohol consumption

    Viviënne M. H. C. J. Lahaut;Harrie A. M. Jansen;Dike van de Mheen;Henk F. L. Garretsen

  • Smoking and the compression of morbidity

    Wilma Nusselder;Caspar Looman;P.J. Marang-van de Mheen;Dike van de Mheen

  • Estimating non-response bias in a survey on alcohol consumption : Comparison of response waves

    Viviënne M. H. C. J. Lahaut;Harrie A. M. Jansen;Dike van de Mheen;Henk F. L. Garretsen

  • Time to abandon Internet Addiction? Predicting problematic internet, game, and social media use from psychosocial well-being and application use

    Antonius J. van Rooij;Christopher J. Ferguson;Dike van de Mheen;Tim M. Schoenmakers

  • Clinical validation of the C-VAT 2.0 assessment tool for gaming disorder: A sensitivity analysis of the proposed DSM-5 criteria and the clinical characteristics of young patients with ‘video game addiction’

    Antonius J. van Rooij;Antonius J. van Rooij;Tim M. Schoenmakers;Dike van de Mheen

  • Association Between Substance Use and the Perpetration of Family Violence in Industrialized Countries A Systematic Review

    Vandhana Choenni;Alice Hammink;Dike van de Mheen;Dike van de Mheen

  • The Bidirectional Relationships Between Online Victimization and Psychosocial Problems in Adolescents: A Comparison with Real-Life Victimization

    Regina van den Eijnden;Ad Vermulst;Antonius J. van Rooij;Ron H. J. Scholte

  • Validation of Cancer Prevalence Data from a Postal Survey by Comparison with Cancer Registry Records

    C. T. M. Schrijvers;K. Stronks;D. H. Van De Mheen;J.-W. W. Coebergh

  • Clinical validation of the C-VAT 2.0 assessment tool for gaming disorder: A sensitivity analysis of the proposed DSM-5 criteria and the clinical characteristics of young patients with 'video game addiction

    Tony van Rooij;Tim. M Schoenmakers;Dike Van de Mheen

Frequent Co-Authors

Stef P. J. Kremers
Stef P. J. Kremers Maastricht University
Anke Oenema
Anke Oenema Maastricht University
Ad A. Vermulst
Ad A. Vermulst Radboud University
Mark D. Griffiths
Mark D. Griffiths Nottingham Trent University
Marloes Kleinjan
Marloes Kleinjan Utrecht University
Ronald A. Knibbe
Ronald A. Knibbe Maastricht University
Daria J. Kuss
Daria J. Kuss Nottingham Trent University
Ron H. J. Scholte
Ron H. J. Scholte Radboud University
Frans F. H. Rutten
Frans F. H. Rutten University Medical Center Utrecht

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