Search for dissertations about: "Schizophrenia Incidence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Schizophrenia Incidence.

2. 1. Violent offenders with schizophrenia : quantitative and qualitative studies focusing on the family of origin

   Author : Annika Nordström; Gunnar Kullgren; Lars Dahlgren; Leif Lindström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; schizophrenia; offenders; homicide; criminality; victim relations; family members; forensic psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Abstract : 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

4. 2. Psychotic disorders in the Lundby population 1947-1997: Incidence, life-time prevalence and predictors related to personality and behaviour

   Author : Mats Bogren; Lund Psykiatri; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; psychotic disorder; prevalence; bipolar disorder; incidence; prospective study; methodology; community survey; the Lundby Study.; epidemiology;

   Abstract : The aims were to analyze the first incidence, age-at-onset, prevalence and personality related predictors of psychotic disorders in the Lundby population (n=3563) – a community population followed through four waves of field study 1947-1997. Case ascertainment included interviews, registers, case notes and key informants. READ MORE

5. 3. Mortality in schizophrenia and affective disorder

   Author : Urban Ösby; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Schizophrenia; Bipolar disorder; Unipolar disorder; Schizophrenia Incidence; Standardized Mortality Ratio; Schizophrenia Mortality; Bipolar disorder Mortality; Unipolar disorder Mortality; Schizophrenia Suicide; Bipolar disorder Suicide; Unipolar disorder Suicide. Medical Record Linkage; Patient admission; Epidemiology; Registries;

   Abstract : Patients with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and unipolar disorder have a considerably increased mortality compared to the population. To reduce this increased mortality is a major task for clinical psychiatry, and the aim of this study is to improve the knowledge about the increased mortality in order to reduce its effects for the patients. READ MORE

6. 4. Regulation of signal transduction in the striatum by typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs

   Author : Kerstin Håkansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Adenosine A2A receptor; basal ganglia; cAMP-dependent protein kinase; clozapine; DARPP-32; dopamine D 2 receptor; extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1 and 2; extrapyramidal side effects; glutamate AMPA receptor; haloperidol; knockout mouse; phosphorylation; schizophrenia; tyrosine hydroxylase.;

   Abstract : The only effective therapy for schizophrenia is based on the use of antipsychotic drugs. These substances act as dopamine D 2 receptor antagonists and can be classified as typical or atypical. Typical antipsychotics, e.g. READ MORE

7. 5. Epidemiological studies of suicide in patients with psychiatric illness

   Author : Johan Reutfors; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : suicide;

   Abstract : A link between suicide and psychiatric illness is well recognized. However, knowledge is limited as to what characterizes suicide in different mental disorders. The overall aim of the work described in this thesis was to increase the understanding of suicide in psychiatric illness. READ MORE