Search for dissertations about: "posttraumatic personality disorder"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words posttraumatic personality disorder.

2. 1. It’s Not Just a Burn : Physical and Psychological Problems after Burns

   Author : Janina Francisca Aili Low; Bengt Gerdin; Lisa Ekselius; Mats Stridsberg; Per Örtenwall; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Surgery; Burns; Injury; Trauma; Health Status; Rehabilitation; Outcome Assessment; Personality; Coping; Depression; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Impact of Event Scale; Nightmares; Pruritus; Itch; Skin; Psychiatric Disorders; Kirurgi;

   Abstract : Survival after severe burns has improved in recent decades, but there is limited information on the course of recovery after surviving a burn and on factors that can affect recovery. The aims of this thesis were to investigate the occurrence of physical and psychological problems after burns, and to examine the consequences of psychological problems for the clinical management of burn patients. READ MORE

4. 2. Induced Abortions and Posttraumatic Stress - Is there any relation? : A Swedish multi-centre study

   Author : Inger Wallin Lundell; Agneta Skoog Svanberg; Inger Sundström Poromaa; Susanne Georgsson Öhman; Berit Schei; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Abortion Induced; Stress Disorders Posttraumatic; Anxiety; Depression; Mental Health; Personality Traits; Ambulatory Care Facilities; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : Introduction: Induced abortion is a common medical intervention. Whether psychological sequelae might follow induced abortion has long been a subject of concern among researchers, and there is lack of knowledge about the relationship between posttraumatic disorder (PTSD) and induced abortion. READ MORE

5. 3. Trauma, ethnicity and posttraumatic stress disorder in outpatient psychiatry

   Author : Suad Al-Saffar; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Posttraumatic stress disorder; trauma; ethnic minorities; outpatient psychiatry;

   Abstract : Psychiatric services, more than most medical care services, are sensitive to cultural norms. How psychiatric distress is expressed varies culturally as do the expectations of help from professionals and relatives. READ MORE

6. 4. Posttraumatic Stress and Cognitive Processes in Patients with Burns

   Author : Josefin Sveen; Mimmie Willebrand; Bengt Gerdin; Christina Hultman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Burn; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Outcome Assessment; Injuries; Trauma; Psychological distress; Psychiatric Disorders; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : A severe burn is one of the most traumatic injuries a person can experience. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is relatively common after burns, and can be devastating for the individual’s possibilities for recovery. READ MORE

7. 5. Post-traumatic stress disorder and resilience in children of traumatised parents

   Author : Atia Taufik Ismail Daud; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : PTSD; trauma; cognitive function; IQ; ADHD; resilience; Trauma Related Disorder; posttraumatic personality disorder;

   Abstract : The main aim of this thesis was to explore the possible association between parents severe emotional trauma and their children's psychopathology (Transgenerational transmission of parents' traumatic experiences to their children), as well as resiliency factors and the relationship between prolonged traumatisation and personality development. The association between parental trauma and children s psychopathology was explored by investigating a group of parents with torture experiences, a group without torture experiences, and the children in both groups. READ MORE