mental health

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A Dutch police tactical team from the Special Intervention Service (DSI) in a file photo from March 2017
Crime
Heavily armed police unit increasingly responding to people with "disturbed" behavior
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Mother with three children on the bicycle in Amsterdam
Politics
Netherlands falling on KidsRights Index; Concerns about vaccination rate, digital safety
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Police officer cordoning off a crime scene
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Hoofddorp local devastated after witnessing best friend’s fatal stabbing by other friend
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Condolence candles and flowers
HealthCrime
Mayors demand urgent action on mental health–related violence
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Coffin at a funeral.
Health
Nearly 10,000 opted for euthanasia in 2024, up 10% from 2023
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Flowers and candles at a memorial
Crime
Violent crime victims’ relatives often drown in funeral, legal costs
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Young tired woman resting her head on her arms at her office desk
Health
Young people pessimistic about their mental health; Health services concerned
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Veterinarian with a cat and a dog.
HealthBusiness
Veterinarians in the Netherlands face aggressive clients, raising mental health concerns
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Police search the rubble of an apartment building on Schammenkamp in Rotterdam for the third and last missing person four days after the explosion and fire that destroyed the building, 2 February 2024
Crime1-1-2
Fear of explosions grows as attacks surge across the Netherlands
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Police officer with police cars in the background
HealthCrime
Police responded to nearly 150,000 incidents involving "disturbed" people last year
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Selective view of four elderly people sitting at a table and building a puzzle
HealthLifestyle
Survey shows that most elderly people in the Netherlands are very happy with their life
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Depression, suicide prevention
Health
Dozens of mental health clinics provide “alarmingly” bad care
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Selective view of four elderly people sitting at a table and building a puzzle
Health
Life expectancy in the Netherlands will hit 86.5 years by 2050, up from 81 in 2022
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Amsterdam canal and boats
TechNatureScience
Amsterdam among global cities that provide too little natural shade for residents
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Teddy bear
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Neighbors reported concerns about boy, 5, on day of fall from Zutphen balcony
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Anton Nootenboom, the Barefoot Dutchman
HealthCulture
Dutch veteran Nootenboom finishes barefoot walk in New York
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Working from home
HealthBusiness
More Netherlands residents struggling to balance work and private life: trade union
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Groups of young people in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam
Health
9 in 10 Dutch young people experienced mental health problems in past year
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Therapy
HealthBusiness
Number of vacancies in the mental health sector has reached its peak
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Anton Nootenboom, the Barefoot Dutchman
Weird
Dutchman breaks world record by walking 3,450 km barefoot
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Man in a wheelchair
HealthBusiness
More initiatives during the introductory weeks for students with disabilities
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Sad teenager indoors
Health
More young people in social isolation
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Amsterdam UMC
Health
Women more likely than men to struggle with anxiety, depression after cardiac arrest
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Young women in a park in Amsterdam
Health
Dutch teens less lonely, have stronger relationships than peers in other countries