Lukas Claus
lukasclaus.bsky.social
Lukas Claus
@lukasclaus.bsky.social
👨‍⚕️ Resident psychiatry @VUBrussel & psychodynamic psychotherapist
🔎 PhD asylum seekers mental health @UAntwerpen

- Ars longa, vita brevis -

🏡 Brussels
❎ 1 in 4 asylum seekers receives an incorrect psychiatric diagnosis.
⁉️ Why? Too little knowledge of culture and context leads to incorrect diagnostic assessments.
September 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📢 Just published! Our latest study on asylum seekers' explanatory models explored through the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI).
March 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🎉 Just published! 🎉
Final study on COVID-19 hospitalization & Mental Health! 🧠
Key insights?:
👉 PTSD: No link to gender, psychiatric history, or inflammation
👉 Anxiety/Depression: women & psychiatric history? Higher risk
👉 ICU patients & smaller social networks: more vulnerable
January 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM