Search for dissertations about: "schizophrenia social work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words schizophrenia social work.

2. 1. Managing the contradictions : Recovery from severe mental disorders

   Author : Alain Topor; Anders Bergmark; John Strauss; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychosis; severe mental disorder; schizophrenia; recovery; users perspective; Social work; Socialt arbete; Social Work; socialt arbete;

   Abstract : One of the assumptions made when mental problems are defined as a medical problem is that certain problems, certain diagnoses, are chronic. Nevertheless, a substantial number of follow-up studies have shown that the course of development in patients with these diagnoses is neither uniform nor chronic. READ MORE

4. 2. Work and psychiatric disabilities. A person, environment, and occupation perspective on Individual Placement and Support

   Author : Annika Lexen; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Supported employment; PEO-model; work accommodations; vocational rehabilitation; severe mental illness; schizophrenia; clinical implications; cognitive functioning; communication and interaction skills; employer experiences;

   Abstract : This thesis adds to the knowledge base of how the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) can be optimized to secure a more sustainable working career for people with severe mental illness (SMI). The thesis has given the IPS-participants an active voice about what it is like to start to work in a Swedish context, visualised the psychiatric disability in relation to work, discerned the support and process in IPS, and emphasized the employers’ experiences in an IPS-context. READ MORE

5. 3. Severely mentally ill individuals in the community: Needs for care, quality of life and social network

   Author : Anita Bengtsson Tops; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; sense of coherence; social network; needs for care; schizophrenia; quality of life; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik;

   Abstract : This 18-month follow-up study investigated needs for care and support, quality of life and social network in individuals with schizophrenia or a schizoaffective disorder living in the community and in contact with psychiatric services. The validity of Antonovsky's sense of coherence (SOC) measure was also examined. READ MORE

6. 4. Dopaminergic stabilizers for the treatment of schizophrenia. Rat studies focusing on negative symptoms and mechanisms of action

   Author : Johan P. Rung; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ACR16; dopaminergic stabilizers; -MK-801; motor activity; negative symptoms; - -OSU6162; prolactin; rat; schizophrenia; social withdrawal;

   Abstract : Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder manifested by positive, negative and cognitive symptoms. Current antipsychotic drugs have poor effects on negative and cognitive symptoms, thus necessitating the development of new antipsychotic treatments. Dopaminergic stabilizers constitute a novel concept for the treatment of schizophrenia. READ MORE

7. 5. The Importance of Remission in the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Syndromes : Clinical Long-term Investigation of Psychosis in Sweden

   Author : Lars Helldin; Torsten Norlander; Leif Lindström; Robert Hunter; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Schizophrenia spectrum syndrome; functional outcome; quality of life; neurocognitive performance and need of care; medicinsk psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : The goal of this thesis was to investigate the hypothesis whether symptomatic remission for patents with schizophrenia spectrum syndrome would provide practical and qualitative benefits for patients and for society. The first work (Paper I) examines the relationship between cross-sectional remission and the patients’ practical resources. READ MORE