Search for dissertations about: "Depression, substance abuse"

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2. 1. Adolescents Selling Sex and Sex as Self-Injury

   Author : Cecilia Fredlund; Marie Wadsby; Carl Göran Svedin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescents; Selling sex; Sex as self-injury; Child sexual exploitation; Sexual abuse;

   Abstract : There are today only a few population-based studies in the world investigating the prevalence of and associated risk-factors with adolescents selling sex and so far no earlier population-based study has been found investigating adolescents motives for selling sex. Further, to use sex in means of self-injury (SASI) is a behaviour that has been highlighted in Sweden the last years but it is a new field of research and a behaviour in need of conceptualization. READ MORE

4. 2. Substance Use in Swedish Adolescents : The Importance of Co-occurring Psychiatric Symptoms and  Psychosocial Risk

   Author : Sara Lövenhag; Kent W Nilsson; Cecilia Åslund; Peter Larm; Stefan Borg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Alcohol; illicit drug; psychiatry; meassures; validity; ADHD; antisocial behaviors; depression; anxiety; Child and Youth Psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

   Abstract : Aims: Study I: Identify substance use disorders (SUDs), psychiatric disorders, and psychosocial risk (PSR) in adolescence, to predict SUD after 5 years in 147 adolescents who sought treatment at a misuse-clinic. Study II: Identify alcohol risk use (ARU) and its association with psychiatric symptoms and PSR in 960 adolescents who sought treatment in general psychiatric care. READ MORE

5. 3. Characteristics and Consequences of Use of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids in Poly Substance Abuse

   Author : Anna Petersson; Ingemar Thiblin; Harrison G Pope Jr; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anabolic steroids; Crime; morbidity; mortality; substance abuse; Forensic medicine; Rättsmedicin;

   Abstract : The use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) has been associated with use of illegal or unprescribed prescription drugs, as well as different adverse psychiatric effects, such as ma-nia, psychosis and hostility. Further, there is an association between use of AAS and other different risk behaviours, including carrying guns and reckless driving. READ MORE

6. 4. Experiences of abuse during the life course : disclosure and the care provided in a general psychiatric context

   Author : Karin Örmon; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Abuse; Disclosure; General psychiatric care; Life course; Mental ill health; women;

   Abstract : Experiences of abuse are common among women in Sweden and being abused during childhood as well as adulthood has consequences for the lives of girls and women. One consequence of abuse is the impact on their mental health, which entails them seeking psychiatric care as a consequence of this. READ MORE

7. 5. Psychopathology, treatment utilization and gender in relation to substance abuse

   Author : Ulla Bertling; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Psychopathology; personality organization; ego functions; comorbidity; treatment utilization; gender; substance abuse; drug preferences;

   Abstract : A case-finding investigation was carried out among personnel within various treatment authorities in Stockholm county, with the purpose of identifying and estimating the prevalence of psychopathology among substance abusers known to the treatment providers. A special questionnaire was designed regarding drug and alcohol abuse, current social situation, legal interventions, utilization of treatment resources, and psychological problems. READ MORE