Search for dissertations about: "psychiatric co-morbidity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words psychiatric co-morbidity.

2. 1. Enhancing Health Among Drug Users in Prison

   Author : Anne H. Berman; Ulf Lundberg; Hans Bergman; James McGuire; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; drug use; prison; screening; auricular acupuncture; cognitive-behavioral treatment; psychiatric co-morbidity; existential issues; health; risk management; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Four interrelated studies on drug users in prison are presented within the framework of a proposed model for approaching the enhancement of health for persons that builds on an existential view of prisoners’ needs, as well as the risk management and “good lives” perspectives. Risk management is the major focus in current offender rehabilitation based on research on “what works,” which has shown that focusing treatment on risk factors termed “criminogenic needs,” such as impulsivity, poor family relations and drug abuse, reduces recidivism by 10-15 percentage points. READ MORE

4. 2. Psychopathy and biological markers in a forensic psychiatric population

   Author : E. Gunilla Stålenheim; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; Psychopathy; DSM-III-R; DSM-IV; KSP; platelet MAO activity; triiodothyronine; testosterone; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Abstract : The aim of this investigation was to determine the frequency of psychopathy and examine the co-morbidity pattern in a forensic psychiatric population in Sweden. In addition, possible biological markers were evaluated. The research subjects were 61 non-psychotic men, admitted for forensic psychiatric investigations in Uppsala during 1992 - 1994. READ MORE

5. 3. Problematic substance use and co-occurring psychiatric problems in young Clinical patients and in criminal justice clients. Studies of mortalilty, measurements and intervention

   Author : Martin Olsson; Lund Psykiatri; []
   Keywords : Substance use; psychiatric co-morbidity; Addiction Severity Index; criminal justice population; adolescent; young adult; Interactive Voice Response; hair analysis; Non-Medical Prescription Opioid Use;

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6. 4. Disability pension due to common mental disorders : subsequent psychiatric morbidity and suicidal behaviour

   Author : Syed Rahman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Mental diagnoses have become the most common disability pension (DP) diagnoses in OECD countries. Up to half of DP due to mental diagnoses are due to common mental disorders (CMDs). So far, research has mainly focused on risk factors of DP rather than on the future life situation of people with DP. READ MORE

7. 5. Neuroepidemiology of Parkinson’s disease in an urban area of Iran : from screening and prevalence to nutritional, clinical and psychiatric features and quality of life

   Author : Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Parkinson’s disease;

   Abstract : Background. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder with complex presentations consisting of different motor and non-motor symptoms. The multisystem and progressive nature of PD has made it a complicated entity with broad variation in manifestations and reciprocal effects on several aspects of daily life. READ MORE