Search for dissertations about: "Schizophrenia spectrum syndrome"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Schizophrenia spectrum syndrome.

2. 1. Asperger syndrome and schizophrenia. Psychiatric and social cognitive aspects

   Author : Tove Lugnegård; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Asperger syndrome; Autism spectrum; Schizophrenia; Autism-spectrum Quotient; Animations Task; Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test; Personality Disorder;

   Abstract : Background: Asperger syndrome (AS) and schizophrenia are psychiatric disorders often implying low global social functioning and a life-long course. Both disorders are of neurodevelopmental origin and genetic factors are prominent. READ MORE

4. 2. Autism and early development in adults with schizophrenia. Methodological and clinical aspects

   Author : Maria Unenge Hallerbäck; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Schizophrenia; Asperger syndrome; Austism spectrum disorder; ADHD; Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test; Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders; Nicotine;

   Abstract : Background: Typical symptoms of schizophrenia usually appear in young adult life, but problems with social interaction, activity control, motor performance, and cognition have often been noted in childhood. This thesis explores similarities and differences regarding early development between individuals with clinical diagnoses of schizophrenia and Asperger syndrome (a clinical variant of autism spectrum disorder/ASD). READ MORE

5. 3. The Importance of Remission in the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Syndromes : Clinical Long-term Investigation of Psychosis in Sweden

   Author : Lars Helldin; Torsten Norlander; Leif Lindström; Robert Hunter; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Schizophrenia spectrum syndrome; functional outcome; quality of life; neurocognitive performance and need of care; medicinsk psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : The goal of this thesis was to investigate the hypothesis whether symptomatic remission for patents with schizophrenia spectrum syndrome would provide practical and qualitative benefits for patients and for society. The first work (Paper I) examines the relationship between cross-sectional remission and the patients’ practical resources. READ MORE

6. 4. Mental Health and Neurobehavioral Function in Young Adult Offspring of Women with a History of Psychosis and Control Offspring

   Author : Erland Schubert; Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; klinisk psykologi; Psykiatri; psykosomatik; clinical psychology; visual dysfunction; neuropsychological function; neurological abnormality; neurodevelopment; mental disturbance; high-risk; genetic; schizophrenia; affective psychosis; psychosomatics;

   Abstract : Schizophrenia is now generally considered to be a brain disease resulting from disturbed neurodevelopment, mediated by genetic and/or adverse events in utero and/or in early childhood. This process manifests itself in schizophrenia in young adulthood, when the brain completes its maturation. READ MORE

7. 5. Mental health in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

   Author : Mattias Månsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common hyperandrogenic condition in women. It is associated with several adverse health outcomes as subfertility, obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and skin issues. PCOS can be viewed as a naturally occurring model of the activating effect of androgens on women. READ MORE