Search for dissertations about: "panic attacks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words panic attacks.

  2. 1. Clinical studies of panic disorder

    Author : Sven Andersch; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Panic disorder; alprazolam; imipramine; agoraphobia; social phobia; psychiatric comorbidity; MAO; long-term course; daily life functioning.;

    Abstract : Aims: To study efficacy and safety of alprazolam, imipramine, and placebo in treatment of panic disorder, to investigate comorbidity with social phobia, to determine platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO), and to follow the long-term course in a cohort of patients with panic disorder.Subjects and Methods: A double-blind comparison of alprazolam, imipramine, and placebo was performed in 123 Scandinavian outpatients with panic disorder according to DSM-III. READ MORE

  4. 2. Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia : Cognitive-behavioral treatment and theory

    Author : Ulrika Thulin; David H. Barlow; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Panic disorder with agoraphobia; exposure in-vivo; cognitive therapy; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract :  Psychological treatments for Panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA) currently havingempirical support are treatments including cognitive-behavioral interventions, e.g. cognitive therapy and exposure in-vivo. However, our knowledge about the additional efficacy when combining interventions is still limited. READ MORE

  5. 3. Breathing Matters : Feminist Intersectional Politics of Vulnerability

    Author : Magdalena Górska; Cecilia Åsberg; Nina Lykke; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Breath; breathing; intersectionality; vulnerability; social and environmental justice; black lung; phone sex work; anxieties; panic attacks; matterwork; embodiment; affect; agential realism; posthumanities; postconstructionism; new materialism; environmental humanities; cultural studies; feminism; gender; Andning; intersektionalitet; sårbarhet; social rättvisa och klimaträttvisa; pneumokonios; telefonsex; postkonstruktionism; ångest; panikattacker; materiaarbete; förkroppsligande; affekt; agentiell realism; posthumanism; nymaterialism; miljöhumanism; kulturstudier; feminism; genus;

    Abstract : Breathing is not a common subject in feminist studies. Breathing Matters introduces this phenomenon as a forceful potentiality for feminist intersectional theories, politics, and social and environmental justice. READ MORE

  6. 4. Behavioral Treatments of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia : Treatment Process and Determinants of Change

    Author : Jonas Ramnerö; Lars-Göran Öst; Dianne Chambless; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Panic disorder with agoraphobia; cognitive-behavior therapy; exposure in vivo; outcome prediction; therapeutic relationship; working alliance; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : The present dissertation comprises four empirical studies within the area of behavioral treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia. The focus is on studying issues pertaining to outcome, treatment process and determinants of change. READ MORE

  7. 5. Primary and Secondary Outcomes from a Double Randomized Clinical Preference Trial of two Panic-Focused Psychotherapies

    Author : Thomas Nilsson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Paniksyndrom; Kognitiv beteendeterapi KBT ; Psykodynamisk terapi PDT ; Arbetsförmåga; Termination setback; Panic Disorder; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT ; Psychodynamic Therapy PDT ; Work Ability; Termination Setback;

    Abstract : Approximately 2-3% of adults in Sweden will experience unexpected panic attacks that cause them to develop fears of future attacks and to alter their lives, defined as Panic Disorder with or without Agoraphobia (PD/A). The condition often onsets in late adolescence or early adulthood, with high levels of psychiatric comorbidity, social difficulties, diminished study and work ability, an elevated risk for substance use, health problems, and mortality. READ MORE