Search for dissertations about: "medical model of mental illness"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words medical model of mental illness.

2. 16. Mood disorders and consequences of pharmacological treatment

   Author : Alexander Viktorin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Mental health issues are medical problems getting increased attention throughout the world, and depression, only one among several types of mental illnesses, are currently reported as the second leading cause of disability world wide by the World Health Organization. Along this development, increased number of psychiatric diagnoses and increased utilization of medication can be observed. READ MORE

4. 17. Stress and burnout in healthcare workers

   Author : Ulla Peterson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Work-related stress (of which burnout might be an example) is one of the most common work-related health problems. Currently, psychiatric illness (particularly depression, anxiety disorders, and stress related conditions) is the most common cause for long-term sick-leave in Sweden for women, and the second largest for men. READ MORE

5. 18. Learning to reason like a doctor: a theoretical and empirical examination of medical students’ sensemaking in the clinical context

   Author : Charilaos Koufidis; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to explore how the concept of clinical reasoning is understood in the literature, and its relationship with context, as well as to develop a conceptual learning model of how medical students learn to reason in the clinical environment. The thesis consists of two theoretical studies (I and III) and two empirical studies (II and IV). READ MORE

6. 19. Surviving Cancer in Childhood : psychological and long-term adjustment

   Author : Krister Boman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Paediatric oncology; long-term cancer survival; long-term coping; mental health; Rorschach test; psychosocial late-effects; social adjustment; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : Psychological long-term coping, mental health, social adjustment, and memories of illness and experiences of medical care were investigated in 30 young adult childhood cancer survivors. Coping with illness and treatment was studied with reference to a theoretical model based on psychodynamic theory of the integration of a psychological trauma. READ MORE

7. 20. On the hypersensitivity syndrome induced by the selective serotonin reuptake inhibiting antidepressant Zimeldine : A clinical and experimental study

   Author : Bengt-O Bengtsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Zimeldine; Norzimeldine; Hypersensitivity syndrome; Serotonin reuptake inhibition; Genetic disposition; Lymphocyte transformation test; Experimental allergic neuritis; Immunopharmacology; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Zimeldine, the first selective neuronal serotonin (5-H1) reuptake inhibitor to be registered as an antidepressant was withdrawn from common use due to an acute flu-like adverse syndrome comprising fever, myalgia and/or arthralgia and signs of disturbed liver function. A few of these patients also developed a peripheral neuropathy, in the most serious form a Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). READ MORE