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Neeltje Batelaan is psychiatrist and researcher, working as a staff member at the Psychiatry Department of VU-mc and GGZ inGeest, combining clinical work, research and educational activities. In a coopration between GGZ inGeest, The Netherlands Institute for Mental Health and Addiction and the EMGO+ institute, she investigated the epidemiology of panic disorder, resulting in a PhD-thesis 'Panic and Public Health: diagnosis, prognosis and consequences' (January 2010). Now, research focuses on longitudinal course of anxiety disorders, relapse prevention and comorbidity of anxiety disorders.