News on health and wellbeing
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Partnership project ‘Follow the Dot to Beat your Anxiety’ starts December 1st
30th November 2020With the support of a Public-Private Partnership grant of Health~Holland, Topsector Life Sciences & Health, Janniek de Jong is starting a research project into the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in the treatment of children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress symptoms on December 1st, 2020.
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Researchers have developed an app against needle fear
23rd November 2020People in the Netherlands will soon have the opportunity to receive vaccination against COVID-19. However, an estimated 35% of all people suffer from needle fear. Elisabeth Huis in 't Veld has developed a game app which, based on thermal images of the face, can predict whether somebody is about to faint.
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No increase in mental problems after the COVID-19 outbreak in the Netherlands, except among specific groups such as job seekers
10th September 2020The prevalence of Dutch adults with mild to severe anxiety and depression symptoms during COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020 was similar to the prevalence in November 2019 (about 17%). However, specific groups such as job seekers and students more often had anxiety and depression symptoms than employed adults.