Search for dissertations about: "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

2. 1. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder – Assessment of current diagnostic definitions

   Author : Kristina Bondjers; Filip Arnberg; Mimmie Willebrand; Mark Shevlin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; PTSD; Complex PTSD; Post-traumatic Stress; Psychological assessment; DSM-5; ICD-11; Confirmatory factor analysis; Latent class analysis; Structural equation modelling; psychometric; psychiatric diagnoses; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that may arise after exposure to shocking, frightening, or dangerous events. Hallmark symptoms are re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal. Other common symptoms are more ancillary and overlap with other psychiatric disorders (e.g. READ MORE

4. 2. Post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behaviour in immigrants to Sweden

   Author : Marcello Ferrada-Noli; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : transcultural psychiatry; suicide; metasuicide; immigrants; refugees; post-traumatic stress disorder;

   Abstract : The aim of the investigation was to study definite and undetermined suicides in immigrants to Sweden, as well as aspects of suicidal behaviour associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among immigrants/refugees. We have also inquired in which modality immigrant suicide victims had been in contact with psychiatric care. READ MORE

5. 3. Post-traumatic stress disorder and resilience in children of traumatised parents

   Author : Atia Taufik Ismail Daud; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : PTSD; trauma; cognitive function; IQ; ADHD; resilience; Trauma Related Disorder; posttraumatic personality disorder;

   Abstract : The main aim of this thesis was to explore the possible association between parents severe emotional trauma and their children's psychopathology (Transgenerational transmission of parents' traumatic experiences to their children), as well as resiliency factors and the relationship between prolonged traumatisation and personality development. The association between parental trauma and children s psychopathology was explored by investigating a group of parents with torture experiences, a group without torture experiences, and the children in both groups. READ MORE

6. 4. Post-traumatic stress disorder and life events among recently resettled refuges

   Author : Hans Peter Söndergaard; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: In refugee health, one topic is how important posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is from a public health point of view. The present study was initiated in order to study the prevalence of PTSD through structured assessment in a group of recently resettled refugees, to study important classes of present life events and their interaction with health by means of qualitative and quantitative methods as well as hormonal markers. READ MORE

7. 5. Post-traumatic stress disorder : neurobiology and effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

   Author : Göran Högberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The aim of this study was to evaluate a new psychotherapy method, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to study the biological reactions in PTSD during a script-driven symptom provocation. PTSD is a disorder that may occur after a major psychological trauma. READ MORE