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Accepted manuscript

Cultural psychiatry in Flanders, Belgium: an exploratory focus group study and position statement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2026

Ruben Willems Open the ORCID record for Ruben Willems [Opens in a new window] ,
Niels Albert ,
Kris Van den Broeck Open the ORCID record for Kris Van den Broeck [Opens in a new window] ,
Peter Niemegeers Open the ORCID record for Peter Niemegeers [Opens in a new window] ,
Maarten Van den Bossche Open the ORCID record for Maarten Van den Bossche [Opens in a new window] ,
Sana Sadat Mohammad Rafiei Nazari ,
Lukas Claus Open the ORCID record for Lukas Claus [Opens in a new window] ,
Seline Van den Ameele Open the ORCID record for Seline Van den Ameele [Opens in a new window] ,
Johan Detraux Open the ORCID record for Johan Detraux [Opens in a new window]  and
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Ruben Willems
Affiliation:
Interuniversity Center for Health Economic Research (I-CHER), Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Vlaamse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie (Flemish Association of Psychiatry), Kortenberg, Belgium
Niels Albert
Affiliation:
Trainee Psychiatry, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Kris Van den Broeck
Affiliation:
Family Medicine and Population Health (FAMPOP), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Psyche vzw, Ghent, Belgium
Peter Niemegeers
Affiliation:
Vlaamse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie (Flemish Association of Psychiatry), Kortenberg, Belgium Department of Psychiatry, Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Maarten Van den Bossche
Affiliation:
Vlaamse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie (Flemish Association of Psychiatry), Kortenberg, Belgium Geriatric Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Sana Sadat Mohammad Rafiei Nazari
Affiliation:
Expert by experience Medicine student, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Lukas Claus
Affiliation:
Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
Seline Van den Ameele
Affiliation:
Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Johan Detraux
Affiliation:
Vlaamse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie (Flemish Association of Psychiatry), Kortenberg, Belgium Research Group Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Marc De Hert
Affiliation:
Vlaamse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie (Flemish Association of Psychiatry), Kortenberg, Belgium Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Antwerp health law and health ethics chair, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Meryam Scholer-Ocak
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Clinic of Charité at St. Hedwig Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Geert Dom
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium Zorggroep Multiversum, Boechout, Belgium
Stefaan Plysier
Affiliation:
Psyche vzw, Ghent, Belgium
Kirsten Catthoor*
Affiliation:
Vlaamse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie (Flemish Association of Psychiatry), Kortenberg, Belgium Department of Psychiatry, Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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*Corresponding author: Kirsten Catthoor, Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Campus Drie Eiken, S.033, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Email: kirstencatthoor@yahoo.com

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Keywords

cultural psychiatryqualitative researchmental healthpolicymigrants

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European Psychiatry , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 23
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