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From 17 to 22 April, the student information system will be unavailable due to an upgrade. This includes Canvas, VUnet, TestVision and Studielink. As of 22 April, everything will be available again. Politicians with dark personality traits such as narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism contribute to growing affective polarisation among citizens.

Today, Nele Albers defends her doctoral dissertation on using AI coaches to help smokers quit smoking and vaping.

Therapy focused on the body and movement, known as psychomotor therapy (PMT), has been found to be beneficial for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

David van den Berg, endowed professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, calls for a fundamental change in mental healthcare.

Structuring the selection methods for job applications promotes equality of opportunity.

Participation of refugees lags significantly behind that of other migrant groups and Dutch natives. To ensure better job market participation among this group, we must also focus on their mental health.

A Wellcome Discovery Award funds a new groundbreaking study characterising the development of the brain during childhood and adolescence in unprecedented detail.

According to social psychologist Roos Vonk, our ego impedes our social relationships and our personal growth.

Professor Koen Schruers was set on studying schizophrenia after graduation - until he was asked to participate in PhD research on panic.

Researchers at Tilburg University will develop a digital self-management platform for people with severe mental illness.

''Overwhelmed and needing to immediately disappear, I quietly handed the baby to the pediatrics team, slipped out of the room, and searched for a place to hide.

The NWO has awarded Professor of Methodology Jelte Wicherts a Vici grant of one and a half million euros for his research on differences in causal effects in experiments. In experiments in psychology and other fields, scientists look for causal effects, while it is possible that those effects are not the same for everyone.

Pain is not comfortable and it signals possible damage to the body. It is therefore logical that people with acute pain avoid painful movements.

Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, we all know them as movement disorders with uncontrolled movements such as trembling and shaking as the most prominent symptoms.

Interview with Geert Lovink on his new book We need to reclaim the internet from big tech companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon, says Geert Lovink, professor of Art and Network Cultures (UvA and AUAS).

An unprecedented decline in mental health took place among girls in the Netherlands between 2017 and 2021.

Till at least 9 February parents in the Netherlands are in lockdown with their children. How did Dutch families mentally cope with the first wave of the corona pandemic? Preventive Youth Care researchers share first results of a longitudinal study.

We know much about the behaviour and policies of right-wing autocrats, but little was known about their personality profile.

The A wing of Science Park 904 has a remarkable sight: the skeleton of a young African elephant. 'Ah, Bob the elephant', says neurobiologist Taco Werkman fondly.

To reduce the huge psychological suffering of children in war zones: this mission is what drives Mark Jordans, who was recently named professor by special appointment of Global Child and Adolescent M