Search for dissertations about: "Suicide research questions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words Suicide research questions.

2. 1. On suicide in European countries : some theoretical, legal and historical views on suicide mortality and its concomitants

   Author : Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen; Stephen Platt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assisted suicide; comparative studies; cross-sectional studies; culture; Durkheim; Europe; history; law; modernization; Parsons; suicide; suicide rates; Sweden; theories; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The theme of this thesis is suicide mortality in its various aspects, seen from an international, European perspective. It questions the existence of social (structural) concomitants to suicide mortality and investigates attitudes towards and legislation concerning suicide, as well as some historical processes pertaining to their development. READ MORE

4. 2. Brains, genes and environment of suicide attempters

   Author : Fredrik Vang; Lund Psykiatri; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; suicide; attempted suicide; self-injury; factor analysis; psychometrics; suicide assessment scale; cortisol; hpa-axis; hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; depression; adjustment disorder; serotonin transporter; 5HTTLPR; adversities; negative life events; globus pallidus; caudate nucleus; SPECT; MRI; volumetry; dichotic listening; brain lateralization; functional brain asymmetry;

   Abstract : Identification of symptoms or biological abnormalities that predispose to suicide or identifies specific vulnerabilities, may one day improve allocation of resources or help tailor treatment to the patient. Paper I: We compared the predictive value of symptom-oriented questions against direct questions about suicidality in assessing risk for suicide attempts. READ MORE

5. 3. Childhood Social Exclusion and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

   Author : Yerko Rojas; Sten-Åke Stenberg; Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen; Bernice A Pescosolido; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Suicide; Attempted Suicide; Social Isolation; Loneliness; Social Capital; Social Integration; Social Recognition; Poverty; Gender-role Constraints; Life-course; Inequality; Power; Injustice; Durkheim; Bourdieu; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : In this thesis I analyze, with the help of social epidemiological theories, childhood risk factors behind suicidal behavior in adolescence and young adulthood. The data comes mainly from the Swedish “Stockholm Birth Cohort Study” (SBC) consisting of 15,117 participants. A total of four separate studies are included. READ MORE

6. 4. Migration, mental health and suicide : an epidemiological, psychiatric and cross-cultural study

   Author : Leena Maria Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : ethnicity suicide Finns psychiatric admissions self-reportedhealth meaning making systems.;

   Abstract : Background: In spite of restrictions in Swedish immigration policy during the 1990s, the foreign-born population (10.7% in 1996) is steadily increasing because of immigration of relatives of refugees and labor migrants. READ MORE

7. 5. Promoting suicide prevention : an evaluation of a programme for training trainers in psychiatric clinical work

   Author : Inga-Lill Ramberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Suicide prevention; training; supervision. clarity in work; attitudes; attemptedsuicide patients; prevalence; suicide attempts; suicidal thoughts; implementation; intervention; cross-validation.;

   Abstract : The overall goal of this thesis is to evaluate a 200-hour academic postgraduate educational intervention programme in suicide prevention at Karolinska Institute developed and implemented by the Swedish National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP). Twenty-nine key persons working in 11 psychiatric intervention clinics in Stockholm County took part in the programme. READ MORE