Search for dissertations about: "Mental disorders"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 376 swedish dissertations containing the words Mental disorders.

  2. 1. Weather and extreme heat in association to mental disorders : The case of Hanoi, Vietnam

    Author : Phan Minh Trang; Maria Nilsson; Joacim Rocklöv; Kim Bao Giang; Mare Löhmus Sundström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Depressive disorders; mental disorders; weather patterns; elevated temperature; and heatwaves.; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

    Abstract : Background: Vietnam suffers consequences of global warming. There is limited data of the relationship between weather, extreme heat and potential mental health problems. It is therefore crucial to study heat-related mental illnesses and to establish good solutions with relevant adaptations to global warming. READ MORE

  4. 2. Supporting healthy lifestyle habits in persons with mental disorders : The development of a nurse-led lifestyle intervention

    Author : Ylva Rönngren; Ingela Enmarker; Åsa Audulv; Ulf Isaksson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : interpersonal relationships; lifestyle intervention; mental disorders; mental illness; nurse-led;

    Abstract : Persons with mental disorders have an increased risk of developing health problems. One reason for this is poor lifestyle habit support. The aim of this thesis was to develop and evaluate a nurse-led lifestyle intervention for persons with mental disorders. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. Astheno-emotional disorder after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Classification, outcome, and relation to anxiety and depressive disorders

    Author : Martin Rödholm; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Astheno-Emotional disorder; cognition disorders; mental fatigue; amnesia; classification; inter-rater reliability; subarachnoid hemorrhage; outcome; anxiety disorders; depressive disorders.;

    Abstract : Background: Psychiatric symptoms such as fatigue, concentration and memory difficulties, anxiety, and depressiveness are frequently reported after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) and in various other neurological diseases. These symptoms may indicate the presence of organic psychiatric disorders (OPDs), such as the Astheno-Emotional (AE-) disorder, of anxiety or depressive disorders, or both, but psychiatric classification and differentiation between such disorders have seldom been used in follow-up studies of neurological disease. READ MORE

  7. 5. Cause-Specific Mortality and Physical Fitness in Mental Disorders - Epidemiological and Internventional Studies

    Author : Malin Henriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Physical fitness; Exercise; Intervention Studies; Primary Health Care; Dose-response; Randomized Controlled Trial;

    Abstract : Mental illnesses are common and constitute a substantial health-related and financial burden on both the individual and society. Mental disorders in general have increased risk of somatic morbidity. An early age of onset is commonly seen in anxiety disorders and the prevalence of these disorders has increased in youth in recent years. READ MORE