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NAME:PhD defence A.M. Kool
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DTSTART:20260123T114500
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SUMMARY:PhD defence A.M. Kool
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <html> <body> <p><p>Enhancing Treatment 
 Outcomes for Comorbid Depression and Personality Disorders</p></p> <h
 3><strong>Is cheap actually expensive in mental health care? Intensiv
 e therapy proves faster and possibly cheaper</strong></h3><p>Mental h
 ealth care (ggz) is under heavy pressure due to long waiting lists, h
 igh costs, and a shortage of therapists. To help as many people as po
 ssible, it seems logical to make treatments shorter and less intensiv
 e. Research by clinical psychologist Marit Kool raises the question o
 f whether this strategy is truly wise in the long term.<br>Read more 
 in the <a data-item-id="6c3ab7e2-6bf9-48c4-b20d-d7587cf5d1a3" href="/
 en/news/2026/intensive-therapy-proves-effective-faster-and-possibly-c
 heaper">news item</a></p><p>More information on the <a href="https://
 hdl.handle.net/1871.1/a11ae2fb-17b4-4e37-8ec6-3839f6ad2abf" data-new-
 window="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">thesis</a></p
 > </body> </html>
DESCRIPTION: Enhancing Treatment Outcomes for Comorbid Depression and 
 Personality Disorders <h3><strong>Is cheap actually expensive in ment
 al health care? Intensive therapy proves faster and possibly cheaper<
 /strong></h3>Mental health care (ggz) is under heavy pressure due to 
 long waiting lists, high costs, and a shortage of therapists. To help
  as many people as possible, it seems logical to make treatments shor
 ter and less intensive. Research by clinical psychologist Marit Kool 
 raises the question of whether this strategy is truly wise in the lon
 g term.<br>Read more in the <a data-item-id="6c3ab7e2-6bf9-48c4-b20d-
 d7587cf5d1a3" href="/en/news/2026/intensive-therapy-proves-effective-
 faster-and-possibly-cheaper">news item</a>More information on the <a 
 href="https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/a11ae2fb-17b4-4e37-8ec6-3839f6ad2
 abf" data-new-window="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
 >thesis</a>
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