Search for dissertations about: "hopelessness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the word hopelessness.

2. 1. Self-harm - hovering between hope and despair : experiences and interactions in a health care context

   Author : Britt-Marie Lindgren; Ulla Hällgren Graneheim; Sture Åström; Agneta Berg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; discursive psychology; experiences; hope; hopelessness; interactions; narratives; phenomenological hermeneutics; psychiatric nursing; qualitative content analysis; self-harm; berättelser; diskurspsykologi; fenomenologisk hermeneutik; hopp; hopplöshet; interaktion; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; psykiatrisk omvårdnad; självskada; upplevelser; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Abstract : Background The definition of self-harm used in this project is repeated, impulsive behaviour causing tissue damage, yet not intended as a suicide attempt. Instead of wishing to die, the person who self-harms wishes to be relieved from anxiety. READ MORE

4. 2. Support for women with breast cancer, and for the district and hospital nurses involved : an intervention study

   Author : Maj-Britt Pålsson; Astrid Norberg; Ingalill Hallberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Intervention; support; organizational changes of the care; systematic clinical supervision; breast cancer patients; district nurses; hospital nurses; experiences; well-being ill-being; hopelessness; anxiety; depression; burnout; empathy; sense of coherence; the Karolinska scales of personality;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate breast cancer patients’ experiences of their illness and of traditional nursing care (TNC) or supportive nursing care (SNC) respectively, as well as nurses' experiences of support and of caring for cancer patients. An intervention including extended co-operation between the surgical ward and primary health care, shorter waiting times, and changed routines concerning the information about the diagnosis, as well as training and systematic clinical supervision for the nurses, was implemented. READ MORE

5. 3. Psychosocial situation of parents of children with congenital heart disease

   Author : Stephen Lawoko; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Congenital heart disease; parents; distress; hopelessness; quality of life; social support; satisfaction with care;

   Abstract : Background: Current knowledge of the psychosocial situation of parents of congenital heart disease children (PCCHD) should be interpreted with caution. Most studies may not be representative of the population in question, and tend to concentrate mainly on describing PCCHD's distress experiences. READ MORE

6. 4. Clinical studies of biomarkers in suicide prediction

   Author : Jussi Jokinen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Suicide; suicide attempt; HPA axis; dexamethasone suppression test DST ; serum cortisol; Receiver Operating Characteristic ROC ; serotonin; CSF 5-HIAA; depression; prediction; suicide intent; hopelessness;

   Abstract : Suicide is a major clinical problem in psychiatry and suicidal behaviours can be seen as a nosological entity per se. Predicting suicide is difficult due to its low base-rate and the limited specificity of clinical predictors. READ MORE

7. 5. Late-life depression from a primary care perspective

   Author : Karin Fröjdh; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gerontologi; Gerontology; HSCL-25; outcome; Late-life depression; primary care;

   Abstract : Studies have found that depressive states in old age that do not fulfil the criteria for major depression are clinically important depressive states. These depressive states are common in primary care patients. Therefore, studies of late-life depression from a primary care perspective are needed. READ MORE