Search for dissertations about: "mental disease"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 287 swedish dissertations containing the words mental disease.

  2. 26. Care and Coercion : medical knowledge, social policy and patients with venereal disease in Sweden 1785-1903

    Author : Anna Lundberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medical history; demography; patient-records; diagnostics; therapeutics; social policy; venereal disease; life-course; Sweden; 19th century;

    Abstract : This study investigates the history of venereal diseases in Sweden in the period from 1785 to 1903. Medical and political perceptions of these diseases as well as the patients and their continued lives have been studied. Venereal diseases were considered a significant threat to the growth of the population throughout the period. READ MORE

  4. 27. Understanding mental illness and promoting mental health -Experiences of Exhaustion Disorder and Effects of a Person-Centred eHealth Intervention

    Author : Sara Alsén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health; common mental disorders; exhaustion disorder; interview; experiences; phenomenological hermeneutics; person-centred care; eHealth; randomized controlled trial;

    Abstract : Health is subjective, involving the whole person, and cannot be determined by others. It is a resource in life, not merely the absence of disease and illness. READ MORE

  5. 28. Mental illness in chronic kidney disease : prognosis, drug utilization, and treatment outcomes

    Author : Nanbo Zhu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common yet heterogeneous condition, covering a wide spectrum of disease severity ranging from mildly decreased kidney function to kidney failure. Patients with CKD can often encounter mental health conditions that are related to poor prognosis. READ MORE

  6. 29. Markers of Prognosis in Neurodegenerative Dementia

    Author : Kajsa Stubendorff; Klinisk minnesforskning; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Lewy body disease; Alzheimer s disease; dementia with Lewy bodies; prognosis; survival; longitudinal studies; biomarkers; cerebrospinal fluid; dysautonomic orthostatic hypotension; memantine;

    Abstract : Background: A prognostic marker should provide information about course and outcome of disease, e.g. predict time to a given endpoint or rate of progression due to disease in patients or subgroups of patients. Prognostic markers could be targeted to apply during the entire clinical course or just during distinct stages of the disease. READ MORE

  7. 30. Cushing’s disease and aggressive pituitary tumours : Aspects on epidemiology, treatment, and long-term follow-up

    Author : Daniel Bengtsson; Jeanette Wahlberg; Pia Burman; Oliver Gimm; John D Newell-Price; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on clinical and epidemiological aspects of aggressive pituitary tumours/carcinomas and Cushing’s disease. Pituitary carcinomas account for only 0.1-0. READ MORE