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What is TBS (provision)?
For people who have committed serious crimes, the judge has the option to impose TBS. This measure is only possible for people with a disorder or psychiatric illness….
Art of living: staying afloat in these turbulent times
We live in turbulent times that give us a lot but perhaps demand even more from us. Life is exciting. We want to live it to the fullest….
Evidence enough… What is actually known about Jesus?
Evidence enough… What is actually known about Jesus? – Lee Strobel, former court reporter for the Chicago Tribune newspaper, has written a book (1998) in which he investigates…
Netherlands Institute for Psychologists (NIP)
In the Netherlands there is a national professional association of and for psychologists, also called the ‘Dutch Institute of Psychologists’ (NIP). The NIP is dedicated to promoting the…
Operation Market Garden: A Lost Cause?
Market Garden was a code name for an Allied offensive aimed at liberating the Netherlands. This large-scale operation took place in the year 1944 but failed. The intention…
Munchausen by proxy (MBP)
Munchhausen syndrome by proxy (MBP/MBPS) is a serious form of child abuse. The person with this syndrome (often a mother) appears loving and concerned, regularly seeks intensive medical…
Herd behavior: the psychology behind it
You usually encounter harmless forms of this phenomenon. However, herd behavior can also control companies, organizations, population groups and sometimes entire nations. On a large scale, the phenomenon…
Introduction to major psychological trends
The end of the nineteenth century: Freud introduces psychoanalysis. However, in 1901, John Watson began investigating monkeys, cats, dogs, frogs, chickens and rats. He analyzes nothing more than…
Near Death Experience (NDE): research by Dr. R. A. Moody
A new era of research into the possibilities of surviving death through the soul will probably never have arisen without its pioneer: Dr. Raymond Moody. His extensive research…
Good intentions, how do you keep them?
At certain times of the year, for example at the start of the new year, or when we are a few kilos overweight again, we resolve to do…