About us

Yvette Roke has been working as a psychiatrist at GGz Centraal since 2001. In addition to her work as a psychiatrist, she is project leader at the SAM-STAPP project. In 2013, she obtained her PhD on prolactin-related side effects of antipsychotics in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). After her PhD, she focused on finding new and more appropriate treatment options to help adults and young people with ASD reduce the stress in their daily lives. Together with her clients and her team she has developed the E-mental health application SAM, the stress autism mate. This is a personalized application that supports the self-management of clients with ASD in dealing with the daily stress experienced. In 2021 she won both the Health Valley Bridge Prize and the Tenzinger healthcare smart innovation award. During the joint leading awards of health insurer VGZ in 2022, SAM won the bronze award in the category sensible care. There are now more self-management apps developed by the SAM-STAPP team. SAM junior for young people (12-18 years of age) with ASD and STAPP@Work a self-directness management app for employees and students, which provides insight into stress patterns at work and at home and thus improves mental well-being and happiness at work or during the course of your studies.

Jolanda Schaap started september 2023 at GGz Centraal as a projectmanager digital innovation. She is responsible for the implementation of the Stress Signal Applications in Europe. And other digital innovations in mental health in The Netherlands. Her contribution to the SUPER project is to monitor project progress and set deadlines. She is also a facilitator in the organised workshops.

Cynthia Vrolijk started in april 2022 at GGz Centraal. She is a management assistant within the STAPP team. She is responsible for the logistics part, as planning and administration. But also the marketing for STAPP which means designing and maintaining the websites and creating and distributing promotional material. She also offers a supporting role in various areas of the STAPP project. Within the SUPER project, she will focus on marketing and communication.

Søren Lange Nielsen works as a consultant and project manager in the development and implementation unit, at the Centre for Digital Psychiatry in the Region of Southern Denmark. Søren has previously been involved in regional, national and international projects, focused on researching, developing and implementing digital solutions. This includes the assessment and use of health apps in a national and regional context such as MindApps, which assesses and displays quality-ensured health apps, or the usage of personalised Virtual Reality exposure for treating patients with social phobia.

Christian Korthé Carlsen is a consultant at the Center for Digital Psychiatry in the Region of Southern Denmark. Christian specializes in user engagement and works with it as a central role in designing digital solutions. His expertise primarily revolves around fostering collaboration among stakeholders and analyzing their requirements to design optimal services. Christian has been a key participant in working with co-creation in projects such as MindApps, which assesses and displays quality-ensured health apps.

Tom Van Daele is the head of the Expertise Unit Psychology, Technology & Society at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences and the convenor of the EFPA Project Group on eHealth. His work is predominantly practice-oriented and multidisciplinary: he educates students and clinicians on the use of technology, facilitates organizations with the integration and implementation of technologies within their services, and advices policy makers on how to accommodate healthcare systems to accommodate these innovations. His practice-oriented focus is also supplemented with more basic research, through positions at both KU Leuven and Queen’s University Belfast.

Sylvie has a master's degree in clinical and health psychology and obtained her doctorate in biomedical sciences from KU Leuven, conducting research on the behavioral and neural effects of oxytocin in adult males with autism spectrum disorder. Sylvie primarily conducts applied research on the use and implementation of digital mental health technologies, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and 360° video, in (mental) healthcare. Drawing from the knowledge and expertise gained from these projects, she advices clinical practice on the implementation of digital mental health technology within mental healthcare their organization.