Search for dissertations about: "PTSD"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 63 swedish dissertations containing the word PTSD.
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16. Clinical aspects of childbirth-related anxiety
Abstract : Background: Although giving birth is a positive experience for many, some 10% of pregnant Swedish women suffer from severe fear of childbirth (FOC), which impairs their daily functioning and poses a risk for a negative delivery experience. This thesis focuses on the mental and health-economic effects of severe FOC, and explores new treatment options for childbirth-related anxiety. READ MORE
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17. The development of psychoanalytic explanations of PTSD and associated disorders with a special focus on the somatic sequelae to torture
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18. A prospective study of mental health among mass-evacuated Kosovo Albanians
Abstract : Mental health outcomes among traumatised refugees have been of interest to researchers for decades. However, so far little is known about specific refugee groups such as asylum seekers and temporary mass-evacuees although they are supposed to have worse health outcomes. READ MORE
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19. Post-traumatic stress disorder and resilience in children of traumatised parents
Abstract : The main aim of this thesis was to explore the possible association between parents severe emotional trauma and their children's psychopathology (Transgenerational transmission of parents' traumatic experiences to their children), as well as resiliency factors and the relationship between prolonged traumatisation and personality development. The association between parental trauma and children s psychopathology was explored by investigating a group of parents with torture experiences, a group without torture experiences, and the children in both groups. READ MORE
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20. Post-traumatic stress disorder : neurobiology and effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
Abstract : The aim of this study was to evaluate a new psychotherapy method, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to study the biological reactions in PTSD during a script-driven symptom provocation. PTSD is a disorder that may occur after a major psychological trauma. READ MORE