Search for dissertations about: "Psychosomatic medicine"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words Psychosomatic medicine.

2. 1. Health Complaints, Bullying and Predictors of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 10-year-olds in a Swedish Community

   Author : Kirsten Holmberg; Anders Hjern; Hans K:son Blomquist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : ADHD; health complaints; psychosomatic; bullying; developmental screening; preschool children; school children; behavioural screening; Conners 10-item scale; Wilson and Jungner criteria; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; medicin;

   Abstract : Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common behavioural disturbances in school children. The aims of this thesis were to explore the association of ADHD with recurrent health complaints and bullying behaviour in children in grade four, and to evaluate whether it is possible to predict ADHD in grade four by screening before or at school entry. READ MORE

4. 2. Type D Personality : Psychometric Properties of the DS14 and Associations with Ill Health and Coronary Heart Disease in General and Clinical Populations

   Author : Emelie Condén; Cecilia Åslund; Jerzy Leppert; Lisa Ekselius; Aleksander Perski; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adolescence; ill health; mortality; myocardial infarction; sleep; stability; Type D personality; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : Type D personality, or distressed personality, refers to the joint tendency to experience negative emotions and to inhibit self-expression in social interactions. The overall aims of this thesis were to examine the impact of Type D personality on adolescents’ self-perceived health, to examine the factorial and temporal stability of the Type D personality construct DS14, and to clarify whether type D personality is an independent risk factor for recurrent myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality among patients with myocardial infarction. READ MORE

5. 3. Psychosomatic aspects on diabetes and chronic pain Alexithymia, depression and salivary cortisol The Affect School and Script Analysis Therapy

   Author : Eva Melin; Lund Medicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; depression; Alexithymia; anxiety; chronic benign pain; diabetes mellitus; midnight salivary cortisol; HbA1c; RCT; Affect School; Basic Body Awareness; psychosomatics.;

   Abstract : This thesis explores links between psyche and soma in diabetes and in chronic benign pain (CBP). Interventions with Affect School and Script Analysis (ASSA) compared to Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) are tried. In a feasibility and treatment efficacy study we offered ASSA to 59 patients with CBP, and 54 (92%) completed. READ MORE

6. 4. Adolescent Gaming and Gambling in Relation to Negative Social Consequences and Health

   Author : Charlotta Hellström; Cecilia Åslund; Kent Nilsson; Jerzy Leppert; Per Binde; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescents; Depression; Gambling; Gaming; Health; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Negative social consequences; Psychosomatic Symptoms.; Family Medicine; Allmänmedicin;

   Abstract : The aims of the thesis were to study relationships between the effects of online gaming and gambling and negative social consequences and ill health among adolescents and to determine whether gaming and gambling activities occur together.The papers in this thesis used epidemiological methods to obtain self-report information from Swedish adolescents aged 13–18 years. READ MORE

7. 5. Postal work - work organizational changes as tools to improve health

   Author : Kurt Wahlstedt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Postal work; shift work; work organization; gastrointestinal; sleep; musculoskeletal; psychosocial; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; arbets- och miljömedicin; Occupational and Environmental Medicine;

   Abstract : Postal work is performed in very different settings, and the works are e.g., drivers, letter carriers, postal sorters, and counter clerks. READ MORE