Yvette Roke PhD

Yvette Roke has been working as a psychiatrist at GGz Centraal since 2001. In addition to her work as a psychiatrist, she is the 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 sensitive 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.