Search for dissertations about: "Mental Models"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 201 swedish dissertations containing the words Mental Models.

  2. 21. Child maltreatment among young adolescents: Effects on mental health, academic functioning and substance use

    Author : Johan Melander Hagborg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child maltreatment; adolescence; academic functioning; substance use; emotional maltreatment; mental health; school absenteeism;

    Abstract : The main aim of this doctoral thesis was to investigate how experiences of childhood maltreatment affected three developmentally salient areas of functioning in adolescent development. Participants were recruited through the Swedish multidisciplinary program Longitudinal Research on Development in Adolescence (LoRDIA). READ MORE

  4. 22. Choice as governance in community mental health services

    Author : Maria Fjellfeldt; Urban Markström; Mona Eklund; Mikael Sandlund; Marie Sallnäs; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; freedom of choice systems; community mental health services;

    Abstract : In 2009, the Act on Freedom of Choice Systems (SFS 2008:962) wasestablished in Sweden, and this enabled municipalities to organise services aschoice models. This thesis describes and analyses the implementation of afreedom of choice system within community mental health services. READ MORE

  5. 23. Mental health, substance misuse and labour market participation in teenage refugees in Sweden – A longitudinal perspective

    Author : Hélio Manhica; Anders Hjern; Mikael Rostila; Ylva Almquist; Fredrik Saboonchi; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Young refugees; mental health; substance misuse; care consumption; labour market; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Aim: To fill the knowledge gap about the importance of contextual factors after resettlement on mental health, substance misuse and labour market participation among young refugees who immigrate to Sweden as teenagers. Methods: Register studies in national registers of national cohorts of young refugees, unaccompanied and accompanied, who settled in Sweden as teenagers. READ MORE

  6. 24. Cultural explanatory models of depression i Uganda

    Author : Elialilia Sarikiaeli Okello; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Depression; depression subtype; psychotic depression; culture; cultural competence; emic; etic; explanatory models; case vignette; qualitative research; help seeking; pathway to care; indigenous model; traditional healer; health policy.;

    Abstract : Background: Depressive disorders are among the most frequent psychiatric disorders, accounting for up to 30% of primary care service utilisation in developing countries in general, and Uganda in particular. However, delays in seeking treatment, misdiagnosis and non-specific treatments have compromised appropriate care for people with depression. READ MORE

  7. 25. Towards improving perinatal maternal mental health in Vietnam

    Author : Maria Niemi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Major depression is increasing world-wide, and is the third leading cause of the global disease burden. In Vietnam, perinatal depression is underdiagnosed and under-treated, leading to severe consequences for the pregnant mother, her child and surroundings. READ MORE