Search for dissertations about: "dysthymia"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word dysthymia.
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1. Recovery from dysthymia and panic disorder : options and obstacles
Abstract : Dysthymia, a depressive disorder with usually an insidious, early onset (before age 21), and panic disorder are psychiatric disorders with a major impact on public health due to their high frequency of recurrence, persistent course and superimposed major depressions. This thesis aimed to improve knowledge of factors that help or hinder recovery from such disorders in ordinary outpatient psychiatric settings. READ MORE
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2. Suicide in a clinical and a general population, with focus on comorbidity. Studies from the Lund Suicide Research Center and the Lundby Study
Abstract : Objective: To identify possible suicide risk factors in a clinical sample and suicide risk in a general population, with primary focus on mental disorders, signs, symptoms and comorbidity. Methods: In the first two studies, subjects who had been admitted to a specialised psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt were investigated. READ MORE
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3. Persons who attempt suicide - social characteristics, social network and significant others
Abstract : A suicide attempt is one of the most powerful predictors of eventual suicide. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the social situation, including social support of suicide attempters. One part of the investigations concerned patients admitted to a psychiatric ward following a suicide attempt. READ MORE
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4. Gene-environment factors in depressive disorders with a focus on circadian genes
Abstract : Depressive disorders have a multifactorial etiology, where both environmental and genetic risk factors contribute. Depression is characterized by a depressed mood and accompanied by e.g. loss of interest and pleasure, disturbed sleep and appetite and difficulties in concentrating. READ MORE
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5. Adolescent depression : Epidemiology, nosology, life stress, and social network
Abstract : The study engaged a total population of 16-17-year-old urban high-school students and 2300 (93%) were screened for depression and previous suicide attempts. Adolescents with high depression scores in self-evaluation (12.3%) or reporting previous suicide attempts (2. READ MORE