Search for dissertations about: "Psykiatri"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 323 swedish dissertations containing the word Psykiatri.
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1. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder – Assessment of current diagnostic definitions
University dissertation from Uppsala : Acta Universitatis UpsaliensisAbstract : 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. Diagnostic Evaluation of Schizophrenia for Genetic Studies
University dissertation from Umeå : Klinisk vetenskapAbstract : Schizophrenia is one of the most severe mental disorders. Heredity is accepted as a major causative factor. To find molecular mechanisms behind schizophrenia, patient materials with reliable and valid diagnoses must be identified. READ MORE
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3. Studies on Quality of Life : A Methodological Perspective on the Definition and Measurement of the Good Life in Patients with Psychiatric Illness
University dissertation from Uppsala : Acta Universitatis UpsaliensisAbstract : Background: In social sciences the quality of life (QOL) concept is often connected with efforts to evaluate welfare and well being. In medicine QOL is frequently used as a complement to evaluations of cure. In psychiatry QOL is of special importance because many patients have to endure long periods of illness. READ MORE
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4. Violent offenders with schizophrenia quantitative and qualitative studies focusing on the family of origin
University dissertation from Umeå : Klinisk vetenskapAbstract : The focus of the thesis is on violent offenders with schizophrenia and their relatives. The aims were to explore incidence of violent crimes, the extent to which family members were victims, to investigate individual background factors among violent offenders, and to identify psychotic symptoms and triggering factors associated with fatal violence. READ MORE
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5. Psychopathy and biological markers in a forensic psychiatric population
University dissertation from Uppsala : Acta Universitatis UpsaliensisAbstract : The aim of this investigation was to determine the frequency of psychopathy and examine the co-morbidity pattern in a forensic psychiatric population in Sweden. In addition, possible biological markers were evaluated. The research subjects were 61 non-psychotic men, admitted for forensic psychiatric investigations in Uppsala during 1992 - 1994. READ MORE
