Search for dissertations about: "level of depression"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 293 swedish dissertations containing the words level of depression.

2. 1. Depression among Adolescents : Measurement and diagnosis, Environmental factors, and Genetics

   Author : Catalina Torres Soler; Kent W. Nilsson; Cecilia Åslund; Sofia H Kanders; Åsa Westrin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Adolescent; parent; depression; scale; genetics; Adolescente; padres; evaluación; scale; depression; genética; Child and Youth Psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

   Abstract : Depression is a common disorder and a major cause of disability. The prevalence of depression in adolescents is 12-25%. The use of valid instruments in psychiatric assessment contributes to diagnostic validity and consistency. READ MORE

4. 2. Population-based studies of higher-level gait disorders and hydrocephalus : focused on brain ventricular morphometry and patient outcomes following shunt surgery

   Author : Jenny Larsson; Jan Malm; Anders Eklund; Hanna Israelsson Larsen; Lars-Owe D. Koskinen; Uwe Kehler; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Higher-level gait disorder; Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus; Ventriculomegaly; Falls; Fear of Falling; Self-efficacy; Depression; Quality of life; Adverse events; Headache; Epilepsy; Abdominal pain;

   Abstract : Background: To study gait is of great importance for the health of the aging population. Higher-level gait disorders (HLGD) are characterized by a slow, symmetrical, unsteady gait. Its cause is most often unknown. HLGD in combination with ventriculomegaly (i. READ MORE

5. 3. Health economics of depression

   Author : Patrik Sobocki; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : depression; cost of illness; cost; quality of life; cost-effectiveness; modelling;

   Abstract : Health economics deals with how resources are used for health production and how they should be most efficiently allocated to maximise health outcomes. Many treatment alternatives for depression are currently available, but there is insufficient knowledge of their consequences on costs and their value of actual and potential health gains. READ MORE

6. 4. Depression among older people in rural Thailand : Knowledge of population, experiences and perceptions of patients, families, and psychiatric nurses

   Author : Duangkaew Kleebthong; Lisbeth Porskrog Kristiansen; Malin Rising-Holmström; Sukjai Chareornsuk; Helle Wijk; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; depression; experiences; family members; nurses; older people; rural; Thailand;

   Abstract : Background: The number of older persons (defined as age 60 and over) in Thailand has grown rapidly, and will be projected to increase to over 20 million by 2035. With an aging population, the number of older people suffering from health problems (such as non-communicable and degenerative diseases) was increasing as well. READ MORE

7. 5. On the threshold of adulthood : Recurrent phenomena and developmental tasks during the period of young adulthood

   Author : Gunnel Jacobsson; Siv Boalt Boëthius; Andrzej Werbart; Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Young adults; Strains in life; Gender; Developmental tasks; Depression; Daydreaming; Narrative; Psychoanalytic theory; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of the dissertation is to investigate the own narratives told by young adults in the age group 18 to 25 years old about strains in life, ideas about the background to these, and attitudes now and in an imagined future. The emerging recurrent phenomena form the basis for a deeper understanding of the developmental tasks of young adults. READ MORE