Search for dissertations about: "Psychosomatic Symptoms."

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2. 1. Adolescent Gaming and Gambling in Relation to Negative Social Consequences and Health

   Author : Charlotta Hellström; Cecilia Åslund; Kent Nilsson; Jerzy Leppert; Per Binde; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescents; Depression; Gambling; Gaming; Health; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Negative social consequences; Psychosomatic Symptoms.; Family Medicine; Allmänmedicin;

   Abstract : The aims of the thesis were to study relationships between the effects of online gaming and gambling and negative social consequences and ill health among adolescents and to determine whether gaming and gambling activities occur together.The papers in this thesis used epidemiological methods to obtain self-report information from Swedish adolescents aged 13–18 years. READ MORE

4. 2. The expert and medical progress : Experts' influence on the views of peptic ulcer and dyspepsia and its treatment in Scandinavia during five decades

   Author : Herdis Molinder; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; peptic ulcer; dyspepsia; cimetidine; H2-receptor antagonists; psychosomatic; humanfactor; controversy; interpretation; drug consumption; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; medicin;

   Abstract : In this study the experts' influence on the recommendations for treatment of peptic ulcer in Scandinavia during the period 1940-1975, on the development of the first H2-receptor antagonist, cimetidine, on the adoption and use of H-receptor antagonists during the introductory phase in Scandinavia 1978-1986, and on the controversy about dyspepsia, is analysed.Experts during 1940-1960 promoted their "cures" containing severe diet restrictions and bed rest, convinced of their benefit. READ MORE

5. 3. Alexithymia : studies of alexithymia in relation to somatic complaints, cognitive bias, emotion, and affect intensity

   Author : Margareta Simonsson-Sarnecki; Gunnar Lundh; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Affective symptoms; Psychology; Psychosomatic medicine; Alextymi; Psykosomatiska sjukdomar; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : This thesis presents four studies on alexithymia, measured by the twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and explores its relation to somatization, cognitive bias, emotion, and affect intensity. Alexithymia, by definition, involves difficulties in identifying and describing emotions, and has been assumed to be associated with somatization. READ MORE

6. 4. Advanced Knowledge Work and Stress-related Symptoms : Epidemiology and Clinical Intervention Studies

   Author : Clairy Wiholm; Bengt Arnetz; Bo Melin; Ulf Lundberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Social medicine; musculoskeletal; hedache; skinsymptoms; physiology; psychosocial; stress management; intervention; Socialmedicin; Social medicine; Socialmedicin;

   Abstract : Well educated knowledge workers are a growing group of the work force. Little research has been conducted on this group regarding possible work-related health symptoms, as well as interventions in order to reduce work-related stress. This thesis describes the current work-related symptoms and potential risk and salutogenic, i.e. READ MORE

7. 5. Body and soul : studies on health and psychosomatic complaints among adolescents in Sweden

   Author : Bo Simonsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Adolescents; psychosomatic complaints; time trend; obesity; sense of coherence; Sweden;

   Abstract : Objective: The aim of this thesis is to describe the health of the adolescents with special emphasis on psychosomatic complaints. Method: Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to get a insight into the adolescents health. READ MORE