Search for dissertations about: "Unipolar disorder"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Unipolar disorder.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. Prognostic factors of electroconvulsive therapy for depression

    Author : Ole Brus; Axel Nordenskjöld; Yang Cao; Jayanti Chotai; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Electroconvulsive therapy; unipolar depression; bipolar depression; outcome; memory; relapse; remission; register-based cohort study;

    Abstract : Depression is a severe disorder that can be difficult to treat. One approach to treating depression is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), whereby electricity is administered through electrodes fastened to the patient’s head. This procedure is effective, however not all patients respond. READ MORE

  5. 3. Suicide and mortality related to mental disorder in three Swedish cohorts

    Author : Dag Tidemalm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Suicide; attempted suicide; mortality; mental disorders; risk factors; family; follow-up studies; cohort studies; case-control studies;

    Abstract : Aims: The subject of this thesis is suicide and other premature death related to mental disorder. The overall aim is to provide knowledge to improve prevention strategies. The specific aims are as follows: Study I: To identify predictors of suicide in a cohort with long-term mental disorder. READ MORE

  6. 4. Biology of lithium response in bipolar disorder : genetic mechanisms and telomeres

    Author : Lina Martinsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Bipolar;

    Abstract : Background: Bipolar disorder is a common, chronic and severe mental illness, causing suffering and large costs. Lithium treatment is the golden standard and works in 2/3 of patients, of which 50% are called lithium responders. READ MORE

  7. 5. Mitochondrial dysfunction and alterations of brain HMPAO SPECT in depressive disorder : perspectives on origins of 'somatization'

    Author : Ann Gardner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : 99mTc-d; 1-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime; clinical rating scales; hearing loss; mtDNA; muscle biopsy; PCR; single photon emission computed tomography; tinnitus; unipolar depression.;

    Abstract : A range of somatic symptoms are more common in patients with major depression than in the general population. Similar somatic symptoms and depression have been described in mitochondrial disorders, in which decreased production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is found. READ MORE