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Witte J.G. Hoogendijk is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Psychology and Medicine. Within these broader fields, their work is particularly concentrated in Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's research covers multiple main topics, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Among their recent papers are:

  • A Delphi-method-based consensus guideline for definition of treatment-resistant depression for clinical trials, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Sensory processing difficulties in psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis, 2022, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Prevalence of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-related drugs exposure before, during and after pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • A longitudinal study of mental health in at-risk adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Long-Term Outcomes of Postpartum Psychosis, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Witte J.G. Hoogendijk frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Astrid M. Kamperman
  • Nina H. Grootendorst-van Mil
  • Sabine J. Roza
  • Diandra C. Bouter
  • Milan Zarchev

Their publications are regularly featured in a variety of academic venues. Notable frequented journals include:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • BMJ Open
  • Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • BJPsych Open
  • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Best Publications

  • Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis

    Jordan W. Smoller;Kenneth Kendler;Nicholas John Craddock;Phil Hyoun Lee

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • 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

  • Major depressive disorder and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity: results from a large cohort study.

    Sophie A. Vreeburg;Witte J. G. Hoogendijk;Johannes van Pelt;Roel H. DeRijk

  • Effect of bright light and melatonin on cognitive and noncognitive function in elderly residents of group care facilities: a randomized controlled trial.

    Rixt F. Riemersma-van der Lek;Dick F. Swaab;Jos Twisk;Elly M. Hol

  • Increased numbers of corticotropin-releasing hormone expressing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of depressed patients.

    Frederik C. Raadsheer;Witte J.G. Hoogendijk;Frans C. Stam;Fred J.H. Tilders

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Increased number of vasopressin- and oxytocin-expressing neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in depression.

    Jan S. Purba;Witte J. G. Hoogendijk;Michel A. Hofman;Dick F. Swaab

  • Depression Is Associated With Decreased 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Increased Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Older Adults

    Witte J. G. Hoogendijk;Paul Lips;Miranda G. Dik;Dorly J. H. Deeg

  • Association between major depressive disorder and heart rate variability in the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA).

    Carmilla M. M. Licht;Eco J. C. de Geus;Frans G. Zitman;Witte J. G. Hoogendijk

  • Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone mRNA Levels in the Paraventricular Nucleus of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Depression

    F. C. Raadsheer;J. J. Van Heerikhuize;P. J. Lucassen;W. J. G. Hoogendijk

  • Genome-wide association for major depressive disorder: a possible role for the presynaptic protein piccolo

    P.F. Sullivan;E.J.C. de Geus;G. Willemsen;M.R. James

  • Poor replication of candidate genes for major depressive disorder using genome-wide association data

    F.J. Bosker;C.A. Hartman;I.M. Nolte;B.P. Prins

  • Two-year course of depressive and anxiety disorders: Results from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)

    Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Willem A. Nolen;Femke Lamers;Frans G. Zitman

  • Inflammatory markers in late-life depression: results from a population-based study.

    M.A. Bremmer;A.T.F. Beekman;D.J.H. Deeg;B.W.J.H. Penninx

  • Hippocampal Apoptosis in Major Depression Is a Minor Event and Absent from Subareas at Risk for Glucocorticoid Overexposure

    Paul J. Lucassen;Marianne B. Müller;Florian Holsboer;Jan Bauer

  • Salivary Cortisol Levels in Persons With and Without Different Anxiety Disorders

    Sophie A. Vreeburg;Frans G. Zitman;Johannes van Pelt;Roel H. DeRijk

  • Association of depressive disorders, depression characteristics and antidepressant medication with inflammation

    N. Vogelzangs;H. E. Duivis;A.T.F. Beekman;C. Kluft

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Dick F. Swaab
Dick F. Swaab Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Frans G. Zitman
Frans G. Zitman Leiden University
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Aartjan T.F. Beekman
Aartjan T.F. Beekman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dick J. Veltman
Dick J. Veltman Amsterdam UMC
Willem A. Nolen
Willem A. Nolen University Medical Center Groningen
Richard van Dyck
Richard van Dyck VU University Medical Center
Michel A. Hofman
Michel A. Hofman Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Gonneke Willemsen
Gonneke Willemsen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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