Search for dissertations about: "occupational therapy and psychiatry"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words occupational therapy and psychiatry.
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1. Electroconvulsive therapy for depression
Abstract : Aim: The overarching aims of the thesis were to identify clinical characteristics that predict the outcomes of depressed patients treated inclinical practice by ECT, and to elucidate the effectiveness of continuation ECT at preventing relapses and recurrences.Methods: The studies included a retrospective chart review, three studies based on a quality register for ECT, and a randomized controlled trial(RCT) examining the effectiveness of continued ECT. READ MORE
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2. Borderline personality disorder : studies of suffering, quality of life and dialectical behavioural therapy
Abstract : The aims of the present thesis were: * To investigate how women patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) perceive their suffering, quality of life and encounter with psychiatric care (paper 11 and III). * To describe BPD patients' and psychiatric professionals' perceptions of receiving and giving dialectical behavioural therapy, DBT (paper I). READ MORE
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3. Creative activities as intervention in mental health. Exploring the concept and the occupational value of creative activities as intervention
Abstract : This thesis focuses on describing the concept of creative activities as intervention (CaI) and the occupational values experienced in doing CaI. Creative activities are frequently used as interventions in occupational therapy and are associated with subjective health and wellbeing. READ MORE
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4. Daily Occupations in Mentally Disordered Offenders in Sweden : Exploring Occupational Performance and Social Participating
Abstract : The major aim was to explore perceived daily occupations in mentally disordered offenders (MDO) through occupational performance (OP) and social participation (SP) with descriptive, comparative and longitudinal designs. The 74 consecutively included MDOs were visited onsite for data collection. READ MORE
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5. Rehabilitation in a changing context : responses, difficulties and competence from the view of occupational therapists and clients : consequences of the ideological and organisational changes in psychiatry
Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to explore, understand and describe how occupational therapists have responded to the consequences of the ideological and organizational changes in psychiatry that have taken place in recent years. One aim was to describe the characteristics of the occupational therapists' experiences of their intervention and professional behavior, in the "new" rehabilitation contexts that have emerged as a part of the changing process. READ MORE