Josephien Leonie Jansen

People with a psychotic disorder often experience financial challenges. Financial competence problems might underlie these challenges, yet little is known about the extent and type of these problems, particularly in the recent-onset phase of psychosis. This study aimed to examine differences in financial competence between people with recent-onset psychosis and matched controls without psychosis. In addition, we assessed participants' financial situation and context. Last, we investigated cognitive functioning and its potential mediating role in group differences in financial competence. Thirty-six people with recent-onset psychosis and 40 matched controls completed a comprehensive and standardized financial and cognitive test battery. Compared to controls, people with recent-onset psychosis performed more poorly on most aspects of financial competence. They also reported less favorable outcomes in their financial situation and context. Mediation analyses did not support a robust mediating role of cognitive functioning in explaining group differences in financial competence. Problems in financial competence, as well as a less favorable financial situation and context, may already be present in the recent-onset phases of psychosis. These difficulties appear to be multifaceted and cannot be explained by cognitive functioning. These findings highlight the need for assessment tools that go beyond cognitive assessment and are specifically designed to evaluate everyday competences such as financial competence. Integrating such assessments into clinical practice could support timely recognition of problems in financial competence and more appropriate, tailored referrals to financial support services for people in the recent-onset phases of psychosis. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Geïnspireerd door het format van Current Opinion-tijdschriften bespreken de auteurs in deze bijdrage trends in de wetenschappelijke literatuur en daarnaast recente inzichten uit praktijkgerichte publicaties vanuit kennisinstituten en expertisecentra over financiële problemen bij mensen met psychische aandoeningen in Nederland. Methodologische keuzes in de literatuur en bestaande interventies en hun toepasbaarheid bij mensen met ernstige psychische problemen komen aan bod. De inzichten worden in internationaal perspectief geplaatst.

Dit artikel gaat in op de resultaten van twee afzonderlijke studies naar hoe mensen met psychose uit twee grootschalige cohorten hun financiële situatie beoordelen en welke factoren daarbij een rol spelen. In beide studies blijkt dat ongeveer een kwart van de mensen met psychose hun financiële situatie negatief beoordeelt. Dat is veel meer dan onder familieleden of in de algemene bevolking. Het negatieve oordeel lijkt deels samen te hangen met middelengebruik, maar komt verder voor bij een heterogene groep mensen met psychose. Geldzorgen zijn een belangrijke stressfactor. De auteurs pleiten voor meer bewustzijn van dit onderbelichte onderwerp bij professionals die mensen met psychose ondersteunen, zodat ze zo nodig tijdig kunnen doorverwijzen naar passende ondersteuning.

Financial problems are of influence on mental health, and vice versa. Indeed, finances are a key challenge for people with psychosis. To gain deeper insights into these challenges, a qualitative approach focusing on all perspectives within the therapeutic triad is needed. This study aims to investigate perspectives of people with psychosis, family members and mental healthcare professionals on people with psychosis' financial problems, and associated factors. Fourteen people with psychosis, 15 family members and 16 professionals were recruited using purposive sampling, and participated in semi-structured, one-on-one interviews. Data was analysed using iterative thematic data-analysis. Interviews revealed five themes of financial problems: Covering expenses, Financial performance, Living conditions and housing, Personal conflicts and victimization, and Regulations and legislation. Five themes were identified as factors associated with financial problems: Psychotic symptoms, Indirect factors related to psychosis, Substance use and addiction, Financial upbringing and life events, and Societal contextual factors. People in the therapeutic triad largely mentioned similar, wide-ranging, and often co-occurring (factors associated with) financial problems of people with psychosis, risking vicious cycles. Fostering awareness and collaborative efforts among stakeholders is essential to breaking these cycles of financial problems for individuals with psychosis.

Background. Psychotic disorders have a strong negative impact on people’s lives, including their financial situation. This study aimed to examine differences in unmet financial needs between people with psychotic disorders, parents, siblings, and controls. Secondly, we aimed to examine whether family clustering contributes to unmet financial needs. Lastly, we aimed to examine to what extent demographic, economic, psychiatric, functional, and cognitive characteristics and substance use predict unmet financial needs in people with psychosis. Methods. Data from the first assessment of people with psychosis (n = 956), siblings (n = 889), parents (n = 858), and controls (n = 496) included in the Genetic Risk and Outcome of Psychosis study were used. Group differences were assessed with Kruskal–Wallis tests (aim 1), while a mixed-effects logistic regression analysis and explorative and confirmative ordinal logistic regression analyses were conducted for aims 2 and 3, respectively. Results. Twenty-four percent of people with psychotic disorders reported unmet financial needs. These levels of unmet financial needs were significantly higher than levels for siblings, parents, and controls. We found a negligible influence of (direct) familial clustering on unmet financial needs. Lastly, cannabis and tobacco use significantly and consistently predicted higher levels of unmet financial needs of people with psychosis. Conclusions. Relatively high levels of unmet financial needs occurred in a heterogeneous group of people with psychosis, especially when people used cannabis or tobacco. Unmet financial needs can have detrimental consequences for mental health, stigmatization, leisure time activities, and social engagement. Thus, it is pivotal to recognize unmet financial needs, especially combined with substance use, as a crucial stressor for people with psychosis.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting 1% of people older than 60 years. One of the abilities that seems vulnerable to the cognitive impairments associated with PD is financial capability. This explorative study aimed to evaluate the extent and type of problems in financial capability of people with PD without a diagnosis of dementia. Participants were 31 people with PD and 62 matched controls. Participants completed an extensive test-battery, including measures for financial capability and cognitive functioning. Compared to controls, the PD-group performed significantly poorer on two financial competence tasks and showed a comparable performance on the other financial capability measures. For 45% of the PD-group, cognitive test performance was indicative of mild cognitive impairment, yet no significant difference was observed in overall cognitive functioning between the PD and control group. In the total sample, only small or medium correlations were found between financial competence and cognition, and between financial capability and the contextual factors of income and financial experience. The findings suggest that in the earlier stages of PD, when cognitive impairments are relatively mild, some problems may be observed in financial competence, yet other domains of financial capability appear less affected. The absence of strong correlations between financial competence and overall cognitive functioning indicates that standard neuropsychological assessments seem inadequate to make financial capability determinations. By offering insight into the financial capability of people in the milder stages of PD, the findings of the present study may aid in the development and provision of tailored support.

Reading difficulties are amongst the most commonly reported problems in individuals with homonymous visual field defects (HVFDs). To be able to provide guidance for healthcare professionals considering offering reading training, researchers in this field and interested individuals with HVFDs, this systematic review aims to (1) provide an overview of the contextual and intervention characteristics of all published HVFD interventions and (2) generate insights into the different reading outcome measures that these studies adopted. A search on PsycINFO, MEDLINE and Web of Science was conducted up to February 2, 2023. All intervention studies for HVFD in which reading was measured were included. Data was collected about the intervention type, session duration, number of sessions, the intensity, duration, circumstance of the interventions, country in which the intervention was studied and reading measures. Sixty records are included, describing 70 interventions in total of which 21 are specifically reading interventions. Overall, adjusted saccadic behaviour interventions occur most in the literature. A wide range within all intervention characteristics was observed. Forty-nine records reported task-performance reading measures, and 33 records reported self-reported reading measures. The majority of task-performance measures are based on self-developed paragraph reading tasks with a time-based outcome measure (e.g. words per minute). Future research could benefit from making use of validated reading tests, approaching the measurement of reading mixed-methods and providing participants the possibility to supply outcomes relevant to them.