Search for dissertations about: "violent behavior"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words violent behavior.
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1. Antisocial behavior in adolescence : the role of individual characteristics
Abstract : The main aim of this dissertation is to investigate whether traits on the level of the individual are important in understanding violent, frequent antisocial behavior among adolescents. The first of the four studies included in this dissertation asks whether individual-level explanations are going to be a fruitful approach at all. READ MORE
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2. Effects of violent conflict on women and children : Sexual behavior, fertility, and infant mortality in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between violent conflicts and sexual and reproductive health in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The aim of the thesis is to investigate how war affects demographic outcomes across individual life courses. READ MORE
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3. Violent behavior and violent victimization among general psychiatric patients : prevalence and prediction
Abstract : The intriguing question of how mental disorder and violence relate to each other has become an epic academic debate. During the last decades, there has been a change in direction of the debate on individuals with mental disorder, with a greater focus on violent victimization than violent behaviour towards others. READ MORE
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4. Neuroinflammatory biomarkers in suicidal behavior
Abstract : Immune dysregulation is of importance in the pathophysiology underlying psychiatric disorders including major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Neurobiological alterations such as a dysregulated stress-hormonal axis and serotonergic alterations have been reported in suicide attempters at risk for subsequent suicide. READ MORE
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5. Violence risk assessment in male and female mentally disordered offenders : differences and similarities
Abstract : When assessing the risk of violence, increasing interest has been shown in bringing science and practice closer together. Moving from clinical intuition in the first generation of risk assessment via actuarial scales in the second generation to the structured professional judgments where risk assessments are today produces better, more valid results when assessing the risk of violence. READ MORE