Search for dissertations about: "Post-traumatic stress"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words Post-traumatic stress.
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1. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder – Assessment of current diagnostic definitions
Abstract : Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that may arise after exposure to shocking, frightening, or dangerous events. Hallmark symptoms are re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal. Other common symptoms are more ancillary and overlap with other psychiatric disorders (e.g. READ MORE
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2. Post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behaviour in immigrants to Sweden
Abstract : The aim of the investigation was to study definite and undetermined suicides in immigrants to Sweden, as well as aspects of suicidal behaviour associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among immigrants/refugees. We have also inquired in which modality immigrant suicide victims had been in contact with psychiatric care. READ MORE
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3. Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress and Dissociation Among Swedish Adolescents : Evaluation of Questionnaires
Abstract : The main aim of this thesis has been to investigate trauma and dissociation among Swedish adolescents and to evaluate the psychometric properties such as reliability and various kinds of validity of three screening instruments for assessment of dissociation and other symptoms of post traumatic stress. The three instruments in question have been Dis-Q-Sweden, A-DES and TSCC, the symptoms measured by these instruments are neither easy to capture nor easy for the adolescent to talk about. READ MORE
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4. 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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5. Post-traumatic stress disorder and life events among recently resettled refuges
Abstract : Background: In refugee health, one topic is how important posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is from a public health point of view. The present study was initiated in order to study the prevalence of PTSD through structured assessment in a group of recently resettled refugees, to study important classes of present life events and their interaction with health by means of qualitative and quantitative methods as well as hormonal markers. READ MORE