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Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae Ellen Renée Klaassens was born on June 13 th, 1962 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She received her secondary education at the Praedinius Gymnasium in Groningen (1974-1976), the Willem de Zwijger College in Bussum (1976-1977) and the Gemeentelijk Gynmasium in Hilversum (1977-1981). In 1981 she went to live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where she graduated with Honours from Henry Wisewood Sr. Highschool. Back in the Netherlands she studied Human Nutrition and Dietetics in The Hague from 1982-1986. In 1996 she enrolled at Leiden University to study Psychology where she graduated Cum Laude in Clinical and Health Psychology in September 2004. Also in September 2004 she started the work described in this dissertation at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), department of Psychiatry (promotor Prof.dr. F.G. Zitman). In February 2008 she started working as a psychologist and researcher at Riagg Rijnmond, a regional community mental health care center located in Rotterdam and Schiedam, where she continues to work today. In the meantime she worked on completion of this dissertation. In September 2010 she started a 2-years post-graduate training at Riagg Rijnmond to become a registered GZ-psychologist. 175
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Publications Publications 1. Klaassens ER, Giltay ER, Cuijpers P, van Veen T, Zitman FG. Adulthood trauma and cortisol in healthy subjects and PTSD patients: a meta-analysis. Submitted for publication 2. Kooiman CG, Klaassens ER, van Heloma Lugt JQ, Kamperman AM. Factor structure, reliability and validity of the Dutch translation of the Experiences in Close Relationships-revised (ECR-r) in an outpatient mental health sample. Submitted for publication 3. Veen G, Giltay EJ, DeRijk RH, van Vliet IM, Klaassens ER, van Pelt J, Zitman FG. C-reactive protein polymorphisms are associated with plasma C-reactive protein levels and the cortisol awakening response in basal conditions. In press 4. Klaassens ER, Giltay EJ, van Veen T, Veen G, Zitman FG. Trauma exposure in relation to basal salivary cortisol and the hormone response to the dexamethasone/crh test in male railway employees without lifetime psychopathology. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2010;35:878-886. 5. Klaassens ER, van Veen T., Giltay EJ, Rinne T, van Pelt J, Zitman FG. Trauma exposure and hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis functioning in mentally healthy Dutch peacekeeping veterans, 10-25 years after deployment. J Trauma Stress 2010;23:124-31. 6. Klaassens ER, van Noorden MS, Giltay EJ, van Pelt J, van Veen T, Zitman FG. Effects of childhood trauma on HPA-axis reactivity in women free of lifetime psychopathology. Prog Neuro-Psychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2009;33:889-94. 7. Klaassens ER, van Veen T, Weerts JMP, Zitman FG. Mental health of Dutch Peacekeeping Veterans 10-25 years after deployment. Eur Psychiatry 2008;23:486-90. 8. Klaassens ER, van Veen T, Zitman FG. Does trauma cause lasting changes in HPA-axis functioning in healthy individuals? In: de Kloet ER. Progr Brain: Stress Hormones and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Basic Studies and Clinical Perspectives. Volume 167 ed. Elsevier; 2008:273-5. 179
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Abbreviations Abbreviations ACTH ANOVA ANS AUC AUC g AVP BMI BSI CAR CES CI CRH CTQ-SF Dex/CRH test DSM DST ECLIA EDTA ETI GLM GR HPA-axis IQR LUMC MDD M.I.N.I. MR NE PTSD SCID-P SD SE SHRP T1 TE TSST UNIFIL UNPROFOR adrenocorticotropic hormone analysis of variance autonomic nervous system Area Under the Curve Area Under the Curve with respect to ground arginine vasopressin body mass index Brief Symptom Inventory cortisol awakening response combat exposure scale confidence interval corticotropin-releasing hormone Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form dexamethasone/corticotropin-releasing hormone test Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders dexamethasone suppression test electrochemiluminescence immunoassay ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Early Trauma Inventory General Linear Model glucocorticoid receptor hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis interquartile range Leiden University Medical Center major depressive disorder Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview mineralocorticoid receptor non-trauma-exposed posttraumatic stress disorder Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Patients standard deviation standard error stress hypresponsive period awakening cortisol concentrations trauma-exposed Trier Social Stress Test United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon United Nations Protection Force. 183