Search for dissertations about: "Forensic diagnosis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words Forensic diagnosis.

2. 1. Testosterone Use and Abuse : Methodological Aspects in Forensic Toxicology and Clinical Diagnostics

   Author : Yvonne Lood; Jeanette Wahlberg; Johan Ahlner; Bertil Ekman; Elisabeth Aardal; Martin Josefsson; Ingemar Thiblin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is widespread in society and is today a major public health problem, associated with mental and somatic adverse effects and risk behavior, such as use of other illicit drugs and criminality. Testosterone, the most important endogenous male androgen, is therapeutically used in replacement therapy but is also extensively used as a doping agent. READ MORE

4. 2. Traffic and drowning incidents with emphasis on the presence of alcohol and drugs

   Author : Kristin Ahlm; Ulf Björnstig; Marie Hasselberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Traffic incidents; drivers; passenger; drowning; alochol; pharmaceuptical; illicit drugs; suicidal drowning; mental disorder; Forensic Medicine; rättsmedicin;

   Abstract : Worldwide, fatal traffic injuries and drowning deaths are important problems. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the cirumstances of fatal and non-fatal traffic injuries and drowning deaths in Sweden including analysis of the presence of alcohol and drugs, which are considered to be major risk factors for these events. READ MORE

5. 3. Sudden cardiac death among the young in Sweden 1992-1999 : from epidemiology to support of the bereaved

   Author : Aase Wisten; Johan Herlitz; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Epidemiology; Symptoms; Sudden cardiac death; Young; Prevention; Sweden; Electrocardiogram; Forensic diagnosis; Athletic activities; Risk factors; Familiy; Bereavement; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a young person is a rare but tragic event, and the potential of prevention is unknown. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the prevention by analysing SCD in the young in Sweden during the period 1992-1999. Data of SCD in the young based on a national registry is not previously reported. READ MORE

6. 4. Psychopathy and biological markers in a forensic psychiatric population

   Author : E. Gunilla Stålenheim; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; Psychopathy; DSM-III-R; DSM-IV; KSP; platelet MAO activity; triiodothyronine; testosterone; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Abstract : The aim of this investigation was to determine the frequency of psychopathy and examine the co-morbidity pattern in a forensic psychiatric population in Sweden. In addition, possible biological markers were evaluated. The research subjects were 61 non-psychotic men, admitted for forensic psychiatric investigations in Uppsala during 1992 - 1994. READ MORE

7. 5. Violent offenders with schizophrenia : quantitative and qualitative studies focusing on the family of origin

   Author : Annika Nordström; Gunnar Kullgren; Lars Dahlgren; Leif Lindström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; schizophrenia; offenders; homicide; criminality; victim relations; family members; forensic psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Abstract : The focus of the thesis is on violent offenders with schizophrenia and their relatives. The aims were to explore incidence of violent crimes, the extent to which family members were victims, to investigate individual background factors among violent offenders, and to identify psychotic symptoms and triggering factors associated with fatal violence. READ MORE