Search for dissertations about: "psychoses"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the word psychoses.

2. 1. Perceived Self-image, Intellectual Ability, Frontal Lobe Function, and Perceived Ward Atmosphere among Patients with Psychosis

   Author : Jan-Åke Jansson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; WAIS-R; SASB; rCBF; COPES; ward atmosphere; self-image; self-control; schizophrenia; psychoses; Frontal lobe function; intelligence; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : These studies were conducted at the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Unit (PRU), characterised by a supportive ego-strenghtening psychodynamic approach. The general aim of the thesis was to study how intellectual ability and perceived self-image were related to perceived ward atmosphere among patients with psychosis. READ MORE

4. 2. Cannabis, schizophrenia and other psychoses : longitudinal studies on Swedish conscripts

   Author : Edison Manrique-Garcia; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : AIM: The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the association between cannabis use and psychiatric disorders with emphasis on schizophrenia, other psychoses, depression and long term effects on mortality. Specific objectives were to: 1) investigate the long-term risk of schizophrenia, and other psychoses including brief psychoses among users and non-users of cannabis, (2) assess the risk of depression among users and non-users of cannabis, (3) determinate whether schizophrenia patients with a history of cannabis use have a different prognosis, with regards to readmission and hospital duration, compared with those without a history of cannabis use, (4) assess the overall risk of death among cannabis users compared with non-users; and assess mortality among persons with psychotic disorders and find out to what extent cannabis use affects the excess mortality. READ MORE

5. 3. Mitochondrial monoamine oxidase : studies on its activity in some psychiatric diseases

   Author : Åsa Wiberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Monoamine oxidase; psychiatric disease; suicides; alcohol abuse; schizophrenica; cycloid psychoses;

   Abstract : Monoamine oxidase (E.C.I.4. READ MORE

6. 4. Socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood and later risk of schizophrenia and other psychoses : national register-based studies

   Author : Susanne Wicks; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Schizophrenia;

   Abstract : Aim: The aim of this thesis was to analyse the association between various types of indicators of socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood and the risk of later developing schizophrenia and other psychoses. Furthermore, the importance of socioeconomic disadvantage was explored in relation to immigration, school performance, and an indicator of genetic liability for psychosis. READ MORE

7. 5. Psychotic disorders in the Lundby population 1947-1997: Incidence, life-time prevalence and predictors related to personality and behaviour

   Author : Mats Bogren; Lund Psykiatri; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; psychotic disorder; prevalence; bipolar disorder; incidence; prospective study; methodology; community survey; the Lundby Study.; epidemiology;

   Abstract : The aims were to analyze the first incidence, age-at-onset, prevalence and personality related predictors of psychotic disorders in the Lundby population (n=3563) – a community population followed through four waves of field study 1947-1997. Case ascertainment included interviews, registers, case notes and key informants. READ MORE