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2. 1. Enhancing Health Among Drug Users in Prison

   Author : Anne H. Berman; Ulf Lundberg; Hans Bergman; James McGuire; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; drug use; prison; screening; auricular acupuncture; cognitive-behavioral treatment; psychiatric co-morbidity; existential issues; health; risk management; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Four interrelated studies on drug users in prison are presented within the framework of a proposed model for approaching the enhancement of health for persons that builds on an existential view of prisoners’ needs, as well as the risk management and “good lives” perspectives. Risk management is the major focus in current offender rehabilitation based on research on “what works,” which has shown that focusing treatment on risk factors termed “criminogenic needs,” such as impulsivity, poor family relations and drug abuse, reduces recidivism by 10-15 percentage points. READ MORE

4. 2. A matter of context. Social inequalities in incidence of myocadial infarction : Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS)

   Author : M. Kölegård Stjärne; Stockholms universitet; []
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5. 3. Resources and relative deprivation. Analysing mechanisms behind income, inequality and ill-health : Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS)

   Author : M. Åberg Yngwe; Stockholms universitet; []
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6. 4. Mental health, substance misuse and labour market participation in teenage refugees in Sweden – A longitudinal perspective

   Author : Hélio Manhica; Anders Hjern; Mikael Rostila; Ylva Almquist; Fredrik Saboonchi; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Young refugees; mental health; substance misuse; care consumption; labour market; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Aim: To fill the knowledge gap about the importance of contextual factors after resettlement on mental health, substance misuse and labour market participation among young refugees who immigrate to Sweden as teenagers. Methods: Register studies in national registers of national cohorts of young refugees, unaccompanied and accompanied, who settled in Sweden as teenagers. READ MORE

7. 5. Psychosocial adjustment problems : Individual and acculturation differences

   Author : Marie Väfors Fritz; Britt af Klinteberg; Andries Korebrits; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personality; antisocial behavior; violence; alcohol; culture; socialization; acculturation; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses individual and environmental risk factors in the development of adjustment problems and antisocial behaviour. Namely, temperament and character, anxiety, psychopathic-like traits, antisocial attitudes, alcohol use, and parental rearing strategies are explored as risk factors for behaviour problems in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. READ MORE