Search for dissertations about: "major depressive disorder"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 71 swedish dissertations containing the words major depressive disorder.

  2. 21. PET studies of the serotonin system in major depression and its treatment

    Author : Mikael Tiger; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The serotonin system has been implicated in major depression since the 1960s, mainly based on the serotonin enhancing properties of antidepressants. Positron emission tomography, PET, is the in vivo molecular imaging method with the best spatial resolution. READ MORE

  4. 22. Winter Depression: Clinical, Psychosocial and Biochemical Characteristics

    Author : Baba Pendse; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NPY.; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik; CRH; Social characteristics; Psychopathology; Temperament; Nonseasonal major depression; Suicide attempt; Winter depression; SAD;

    Abstract : Seasonal Affective Disorder with depressive episodes during the autumn/winter seasons (winter depression) is common. Outpatients with winter depression were studied regarding temperament, psychopathology, social characteristics, psychosocial functioning and the neuropeptides corticotropin - releasing hormone (CRH) and neuropeptide Y (NPY), which are known to be involved in stress-regulation. READ MORE

  5. 23. Parkinson’s disease and depression : clinical and neurobiological studies

    Author : Sven E Pålhagen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Parkinson´s disease. Major depressive disorder; SSRI; rCBF; CSF-biomarker;

    Abstract : Parkinson´s disease (PD) is a progressive degenerative movement disorder. PD patients also suffer from several non-motor symptoms including autonomic disturbances, cognitive decline and neuropsychiatric conditions. READ MORE

  6. 24. PET studies of the serotonin transporter in the human brain

    Author : Johan Lundberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : positron emission tomography; MADAM; WAY 100635; 5-HTT; 5-HT1A receptors; receptor occupancy; major depressive disorder; citalopram; escitalopram;

    Abstract : The serotonin (5-HT) system attracts considerable attention in research on the pathophysiology and drug treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. The brain imaging technique Positron Emission Tomography (PET) allows for examination of neurotransmission systems in the human brain in vivo. READ MORE

  7. 25. Suicide in a clinical and a general population, with focus on comorbidity. Studies from the Lund Suicide Research Center and the Lundby Study

    Author : Cecilia Holmstrand; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : suicide; suicide attempt; risk factors; comorbidity; depression; dysthymia; alcohol use disorder;

    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