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Saskia van Dorsselaer

Saskia van Dorsselaer

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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39
Citations
6253
World Ranking
5682
National Ranking
225

Overview

Saskia van Dorsselaer is affiliated with the Trimbos Institute in the Netherlands. Their academic work spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The research conducted by Saskia centers around several main topics, including:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Their recent publications include:

  • Prevalence and trends of common mental disorders from 2007-2009 to 2019-2022: results from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Studies (NEMESIS), including comparison of prevalence rates before vs. during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023), published in World Psychiatry
  • Association of Recent Stressful Life Events With Mental and Physical Health in the Context of Genomic and Exposomic Liability for Schizophrenia (2020), published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • Association of preceding psychosis risk states and non-psychotic mental disorders with incidence of clinical psychosis in the general population: a prospective study in the NEMESIS-2 cohort (2020), published in World Psychiatry
  • Trends over Time in Adolescent Emotional Wellbeing in the Netherlands, 2005-2017: Links with Perceived Schoolwork Pressure, Parent-Adolescent Communication and Bullying Victimization (2020), published in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Predictive Performance of Exposome Score for Schizophrenia in the General Population (2020), published in Schizophrenia Bulletin

Saskia van Dorsselaer's frequent coauthors include:

  • Ron de Graaf
  • Margreet ten Have
  • Jim van Os
  • Sinan Gülöksüz
  • Bart P. F. Rutten

Their publications have appeared prominently in journals such as:

  • Psychological Medicine
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • World Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Best Publications

  • Minor depression: risk profiles, functional disability, health care use and risk of developing major depression.

    Pim Cuijpers;Ron de Graaf;Saskia van Dorsselaer

  • Prevalence of mental disorders and trends from 1996 to 2009. Results from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2

    Ron de Graaf;Margreet ten Have;Coen van Gool;Saskia van Dorsselaer

  • Incidence and course of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in the general population.

    Margreet ten Have;Ron de Graaf;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Jacqueline Verdurmen

  • Body mass index and body weight perception as risk factors for internalizing and externalizing problem behavior among adolescents.

    Tom F.M. ter Bogt;Saskia A.F.M. van Dorsselaer;Karin Monshouwer;Jacqueline E.E. Verdurmen

  • Does cannabis use predict the first incidence of mood and anxiety disorders in the adult population

    Margriet van Laar;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Karin Monshouwer;Ron de Graaf

  • The Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2): design and methods.

    Ron de Graaf;Margreet ten Have;Saskia van Dorsselaer

  • The Structure of The Extended Psychosis Phenotype in Early Adolescence—A Cross-sample Replication

    Johanna T. W. Wigman;Wilma A. M. Vollebergh;Quinten A. W. Raaijmakers;Jurjen Iedema

  • Local availability of green and blue space and prevalence of common mental disorders in the Netherlands.

    Sjerp de Vries;Margreet ten Have;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Manja van Wezep

  • Comparing the effects on work performance of mental and physical disorders

    Ron de Graaf;Marlous Tuithof;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Margreet ten Have

  • Psychopathological Mechanisms Linking Childhood Traumatic Experiences to Risk of Psychotic Symptoms: Analysis of a Large, Representative Population-Based Sample

    Martine van Nierop;Tineke Lataster;Feikje Smeets;Nicole Gunther

  • Cannabis use and mental health in secondary school children. Findings from a Dutch survey

    Karin Monshouwer;Saskia Van Dorsselaer;Jacqueline Verdurmen;Tom Ter Bogt

  • Prevalence rates of borderline personality disorder symptoms: a study based on the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2.

    Margreet ten Have;Roel Verheul;Ad Kaasenbrood;Saskia van Dorsselaer

  • Phenotypically continuous with clinical psychosis, discontinuous in need for care: evidence for an extended psychosis phenotype.

    Martine van Nierop;Jim van Os;Jim van Os;Nicole Gunther;Nicole Gunther;Inez Myin-Germeys

  • Sociodemographic and psychiatric predictors of attrition in a prospective psychiatric epidemiological study among the general population. Result of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2.

    Ron de Graaf;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Marlous Tuithof;Margreet ten Have

  • The association between arthritis and psychiatric disorders; results from a longitudinal population-based study

    Hedda van 't Land;Jacqueline Verdurmen;Margreet ten Have;Saskia van Dorsselaer

  • Alcohol use and mental health in adolescents: interactions with age and gender-findings from the Dutch 2001 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey.

    Jacqueline Verdurmen;Karin Monshouwer;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Tom ter Bogt

  • Seasonal Variations in Mental Disorders in the General Population of a Country with a Maritime Climate: Findings from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study

    Ron de Graaf;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Margreet ten Have;Casper Schoemaker

  • First-incidence of DSM-IV mood, anxiety and substance use disorders and its determinants: Results from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2

    Ron de Graaf;Margreet ten Have;Marlous Tuithof;Saskia van Dorsselaer

  • The bidirectional relationship between loneliness and common mental disorders in adults: findings from a longitudinal population-based cohort study.

    Jasper Nuyen;Marlous Tuithof;Ron de Graaf;Saskia van Dorsselaer

  • Course of subthreshold depression into a depressive disorder and its risk factors.

    Marlous Tuithof;Margreet ten Have;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Marloes Kleinjan

  • Lifetime Treatment Contact and Delay in Treatment Seeking After First Onset of a Mental Disorder

    Margreet ten Have;Ron de Graaf;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Aartjan Beekman

  • The association between type and number of adverse working conditions and mental health during a time of economic crisis (2010–2012)

    Margreet ten Have;Saskia van Dorsselaer;Ron de Graaf

Frequent Co-Authors

Sinan Guloksuz
Sinan Guloksuz Maastricht University
Wilma A. M. Vollebergh
Wilma A. M. Vollebergh Utrecht University
Bart P. F. Rutten
Bart P. F. Rutten Maastricht University Medical Centre
Tom F. M. ter Bogt
Tom F. M. ter Bogt Utrecht University
Marloes Kleinjan
Marloes Kleinjan Utrecht University
Marjan Drukker
Marjan Drukker Maastricht University
Ulrich Reininghaus
Ulrich Reininghaus Heidelberg University
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University

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