Search for dissertations about: "forensic psychiatry"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words forensic psychiatry.
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11. The challenges of using structured risk assessment instruments in forensic psychiatric care
Abstract : Background: The purpose of psychiatric forensic care is to provide treatment for mentally ill offenders and to prevent future acts of violence and other adverse events. During care, the type of restrictions of freedom, the patient’s continuous need for involuntary treatment and readiness for discharge, are continuously evaluated based on the assessment of risk the patient pose to themselves and others as well as the progress achieved with treatment. READ MORE
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12. From Medication to Education - People with autism in adult psychiatry
Abstract : This dissertation concerns the field of applied psychiatry and focuses on the problems that are associated with the care and treatment of adult patients with autism spectrum disorders. The conditions that are described are valid for Swedish psychiatry and cannot be directly generalized to conditions outside of the country... READ MORE
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13. Encounters with patients in forensic inpatient care : Nurses lived experiences of patient encounters and compassion in forensic inpatient care
Abstract : Background: Forensic psychiatry is characterised by compulsory care and long hospital stays, where nurses care for patients with severe mental illness, who often have committed crimes. The main objective is to rehabilitate the patient to once again become a part of society by improving mental health and decreasing the risk of criminal relapse. READ MORE
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14. Madness as the Foundation of Non-Culpability
Abstract : Doctoral dissertation Abstract Background The relation between mental illness and accountability, may at its best be described as unclear. A negative correlation them between was established thousands of years ago, and has since formed a more or less self-evident supposition. This dissertation is an effort to test this construction. READ MORE
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15. Comorbidity across childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders
Abstract : Background: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are clinically found to be comorbid with each other and with other psychiatric conditions to a greater extent than what is previously assumed. It is, however, difficult to capture this complexity using current diagnostic systems, where exclusion criteria prevent simultaneous diagnosis. READ MORE
