Search for dissertations about: "depression men"

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  2. 1. Future Thinking and Depression

    Author : Ali Sarkohi; Gerhard Andersson; Gunnel Backenroth; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Future thinking; cognitive processing; depression; suicide; autobiographical memory; Internet treatment; cognitive behaviour therapy; ambivalence and time dimensions; Framtidsorienterade tänkande; kognitiv bearbetning; depression; självmord; självbiografiskt minne; Internet; kognitiv beteendeterapi; ambivalens och tidsdimensioner;

    Abstract : The ability to imagine negative or positive future events is associated with psychological well-being. The present thesis deals with depressed individual’s ability to imagine negative or positive future events. It consists of three quantitative studies (I-III) and one qualitative study (IV). READ MORE

  4. 2. Stroke and depression in very old age

    Author : Carl Hörnsten; Yngve Gustafson; Hugo Lövheim; Bo Norrving; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; stroke; depression; very old; oldest old; epidemiology; mortality; risk factors; systolic blood pressure; diastolic blood pressure; atrial fibrillation; geriatric depression scale; geriatrik; Geriatrics;

    Abstract : Background The prevalence and incidence of stroke are known to increase with age, which, combined with demographic change, means that very old patients with stroke are a growing patient group. Risk factors for incident stroke among very old people have not been widely investigated. READ MORE

  5. 3. Encountering Depression In-Depth : An existential-phenomenological approach to selfhood, depression, and psychiatric practice

    Author : Patrick Seniuk; Fredrik Svenaeus; Rolf Ahlzén; Jonna Hjertström Lappalainen; Kevin Aho; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Phenomenology; existential philosophy; psychiatric practice; Merleau-Ponty; selfhood; depression; Fenomenologi; existentiell filosofi; psykiatrisk praktik; Merleau- Ponty; självet; depression; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory;

    Abstract : This dissertation in Theory of Practical Knowledge contends that depression is a disorder of the self. Using the existential-phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, I argue that if we want to disclose the basic structure of depressed experience, then we must likewise disclose how selfexperience is inseparable from depressed experience. READ MORE

  6. 4. Depression in older people with and without dementia : non-pharmacological interventions and associations between psychotropic drugs and mortality

    Author : Gustaf Boström; Håkan Littbrand; Erik Rosendahl; Peter Nordström; Knut Engedal; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Depression; Dementia; Exercise; Randomized controlled trial; Psychotropic drugs; Mortality; Gender; Residential facilities; Frail elderly; Epidemiology; Cohort study; geriatrik; Geriatrics; sjukgymnastik; Physiotherapy;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to investigate associations between psychotropic drug use and death, associations between functional capacity, dependency in ADL and depression, and to evaluate a non-pharmacological intervention to reduce depressive symptoms, among older people with and without dementia.There is limited knowledge about the risk of death associated with psychotropic drug use among those aged ≥85 years, those with dementia, or those living in residential care facilities; groups that have a higher intake of psychotropic drugs and who are also more prone to adverse drug reactions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Depression among the very old

    Author : Ellinor Bergdahl; Yngve Gustafson; Per Allard; Ingvar Karlsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Psychiatry; very old; depression; prevalence; associated factors; five-year outcome; mortality; Psykiatri; Geriatrics; geriatrik;

    Abstract : Emotional suffering in old age is largely caused by various psychiatric conditions, of which depression is the most common. Depression is associated with a decline in both well-being and daily functioning and reduces both morale and social capacity among the very old, which may produce high health and social costs for society. READ MORE