Search for dissertations about: "depression analysis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 375 swedish dissertations containing the words depression analysis.

  2. 11. Subsyndromal Depression in Very Old Persons

    Author : Mikael Ludvigsson; Anna Milberg; Jan Marcusson; Lisa Ekselius; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Subsyndromal depression (SSD) or subthreshold depression is a common affective condition that can be described as depressiveness below the threshold of what is called a syndromal or a major depressive episode. The point prevalence for SSD has been reported to be about 10% in the community, or about two or three times higher than the prevalence for syndromal depression. READ MORE

  4. 12. Psychosomatic aspects on diabetes and chronic pain Alexithymia, depression and salivary cortisol The Affect School and Script Analysis Therapy

    Author : Eva Melin; Lund Medicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; depression; Alexithymia; anxiety; chronic benign pain; diabetes mellitus; midnight salivary cortisol; HbA1c; RCT; Affect School; Basic Body Awareness; psychosomatics.;

    Abstract : This thesis explores links between psyche and soma in diabetes and in chronic benign pain (CBP). Interventions with Affect School and Script Analysis (ASSA) compared to Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) are tried. In a feasibility and treatment efficacy study we offered ASSA to 59 patients with CBP, and 54 (92%) completed. READ MORE

  5. 13. Intimate partner violence and depression among women in rural Ethiopia

    Author : Negussie Deyessa Kabeta; Gunnar Kullgren; Wolfgang Rutz; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; depression; extreme poverty; intimate partner violence; spousal-control; child death; rural Ethiopia; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; psykiatri; Psychiatry;

    Abstract : Background: Several studies have reported socioeconomic, socio-demographic factors, including violence against women to be associated with depression among women, but knowledge in the area among women living under extreme poverty in developing countries remains scarce. Relationship between intimate partner violence and women’s literacy in societies where violence is normative is complex, there are only limited data describing this difference in the distribution of violence exposure by residency and literacy. READ MORE

  6. 14. A Pill for the Ill? : Depression, Medicalization and Public Health

    Author : Andreas Vilhelmsson; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pharmaceuticalization; Medicalization; Adverse drug reaction; Antidepressants; Consumer reporting; Depression; Medical encounter; Mental health; Public health;

    Abstract : Mental disorders, especially depression, have been increasingly described as a growing burden to global public health. Critics argue, however, that the use of mental health surveys, underlying these descriptions, tends to overestimate the prevalence of mental disorders by not distinguishing everyday experiences of distress from pathological conditions. READ MORE

  7. 15. Dyspnea Experience and Quality of Life among persons with lung cancer in palliative care

    Author : Ingela Henoch; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Cancer Dyspnea Scale; CDS; Consequences; Content analysis; Coping; Depression; Dyspnea; Existential; Experience; Lung cancer; Management strategies; Palliative care; Quality of life; Reliability; Social support; Symptoms; Symptom experience; Validity;

    Abstract : Background: Dyspnea, a subjective, multidimensional experience of breathing discomfort commonly occurring in patients with incurable lung cancer, influences all aspects of life in the suffering per¬sons. To optimally enhance quality of life (QoL) and to identify persons most vulnerable to this symptom, it is important to investigate how to assess dyspnea, how other symptoms and coping are related to dyspnea, and what the consequences of dyspnea are, especially on QoL. READ MORE