Search for dissertations about: "psychiatric disability in the community"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words psychiatric disability in the community.
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1. Psychiatric disability in the community : Surveying the social landscape in the post-deinstitutional era
Abstract : This dissertation presents a discussion of life in the community for people experiencing psychiatric disabilities in the post-deinstitutional era, with the goal of developing knowledge that can suggest a focus for planning more relevant services and supports. While evaluations of deinsitutionalization have focused on possibilities for providing community, rather than hospital-based services for these individuals, the intention was to support a participatory life in the community, a life defined by much more than just care and treatment. READ MORE
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2. Promoting agency among people with severe psychiatric disability : occupation-oriented interventions in home and community settings
Abstract : In general, people with severe psychiatric disability living in sheltered or supported housing lead passive, solitary lives. Current rehabilitative approaches often neglect considering an agentic perspective of the residents in sheltered or supported housing. Furthermore, the outreach and societal contexts are often not considered. READ MORE
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3. Attitudes, cognition, and functional disability in individuals with self-harm and psychiatric disorders
Abstract : Title: Attitudes, cognition, and functional disability in individuals with self-harm and psychiatric disorders.Background: Self-harm is common and is associated with stigma and an increased risk for suicide attempts. There is a lack of knowledge about this behaviour, especially in clinical samples. 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. Everyday life experiences among relatives of persons with mental disabilities
Abstract : This thesis, which consists of two articles and a policy analysis of the document SOU (Swedish Government Official Report), laying the ground for psychiatric reform, deals with everyday life experiences among 18 close relatives of persons with mental disabilities. This study was conducted among relatives of people with mental illness within a health care district in Northern Sweden. READ MORE