Search for dissertations about: "IMR"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word IMR.

2. 1. Illness Management and Recovery : Implementation and evaluation of a psychosocial program for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

   Author : Rickard Färdig; Anders Fredriksson; Lewander Tommy; Lennart Melin; Lars Hansson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; illness management and recovery; IMR; recovery; schizophrenia; schizoaffective; evidence-based; psychosocial; intervention outcome; neurocognition; remission; IMRS; psychometric properties; reliability; validity; Medical Science; Medicinsk vetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to examine the effectiveness of the Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) program for teaching clients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to better manage their illness and to promote recovery. This was accomplished through an examination of the program’s effects on psychosocial functioning and psychopathology, the evaluation of general and specific impact of neurocognition on learning the fundamentals of illness self-management, and the impact of symptom severity on outcome of the IMR program. READ MORE

4. 2. All that's mine I carry with me. Early life disease and adult health in Sweden during 250 years

   Author : Martin Lindström; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Key words: early life; life course; infant mortality rate; nutrition; disease; airborne infectious diseases; socioeconomic differences; historical demography; 18th-21st centuries; Sweden.;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study early life risk exposures in relation to adult health and mortality in Sweden during 250 years. A number of causal mechanisms by which exposure to diseases and stressful economic and social conditions early in life may lead to increased morbidity and mortality later in life are discussed (paper I). READ MORE

5. 3. Transcriptional Regulation of the Platelet-Derived Growth Factor B-receptor by p53 Family Members

   Author : Daniel Wetterskog; Göteborgs universitet; []
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   Abstract : Aims: The platelet-derived growth factor ?-receptor (PDGFRB) is critically involved in embryonic development and has a role in many diseases. In cells, signaling through PDGFRB affects growth, migration and death. READ MORE

6. 4. Polyamine analogues inhibit neuroblastoma cell growth

   Author : Erika Söderstjerna; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; survivin; cell cycle; polyamine analogue; polyamines; apoptosis; neuroblastoma; MYCN;

   Abstract : Abstract Neuroblastoma is a highly malignant neoplasm found in children. Although children with high-risk neuroblastoma respond to chemotherapy, relapses are common and an estimated long-time survival prognosis is approximately 15%. Thus, there is a tremendous need for new chemotherapeutic drugs for the treatment for neuroblastoma. READ MORE

7. 5. Socioeconomic aspects of unmet healthcare needs and health outcomes - Economic conditions, social capital, unmet healthcare needs, healthcare providers and mortality

   Author : Christine Lindström; Socialmedicin och hälsopolitik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Social Capital; economic inequalities; socioeconomic status SES ; Unmet healthcare needs; Mortality; Prospective cohort; Social Capital; economic inequalities; socioeconomic status SES ; Unmet healthcare needs; Mortality; Prospective cohort;

   Abstract : Socioeconomic status (SES) differences in health are well known. Both material and psychosocial hypotheses regarding these SES differences have been forwarded. READ MORE