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Albert M. van Hemert

Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center

Publications -  129
Citations -  6315

Albert M. van Hemert is an academic researcher from Leiden University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Anxiety disorder. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 113 publications receiving 4874 citations. Previous affiliations of Albert M. van Hemert include Leiden University & Erasmus University Rotterdam.

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Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

Naomi R. Wray, +262 more
- 26 Apr 2018 - 
TL;DR: A genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals with clinically assessed or self-reported depression identifies 44 independent and significant loci and finds important relationships of genetic risk for major depression with educational attainment, body mass, and schizophrenia.
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Somatoform disorders in general practice: prevalence, functional impairment and comorbidity with anxiety and depressive disorders.

TL;DR: The findings underline the importance of a comprehensive diagnostic approach to psychiatric disorders in general practice and highlight the need to quantify the prevalence of, and functional impairment associated with, somatoform disorders, and their comorbidity with anxiety/depressive disorders.
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A validation study of the Whitely Index, the Illness Attitude Scales, and the Somatosensory Amplification Scale in general medical and general practice patients

TL;DR: Scores on the WI and Health Anxiety subscale of the IAS declined significantly from general medical outpatients, through general practice patients to subjects from the general population, which might imply that medical care utilisation is related to hypochondriasis.
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Comorbidity of PTSD in anxiety and depressive disorders: Prevalence and shared risk factors

TL;DR: The results support a shared vulnerability model for comorbidity of anxiety and depressive disorders with PTSD and whether childhood trauma types and other putative independent risk factors forComorbid PTSD are unique to PTSD or shared with anxiety and depression disorders.
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A Longitudinal Study of Experiential Avoidance in Emotional Disorders

TL;DR: Findings suggest that EA scores are more than epiphenomena of emotional disorders and that EA may be conceptualized as a relevant transdiagnostic factor affecting the course and development of comorbidity ofotional disorders.