Search for dissertations about: "severe mental disorders."
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1. Managing the contradictions : Recovery from severe mental disorders
Abstract : One of the assumptions made when mental problems are defined as a medical problem is that certain problems, certain diagnoses, are chronic. Nevertheless, a substantial number of follow-up studies have shown that the course of development in patients with these diagnoses is neither uniform nor chronic. READ MORE
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2. Occupational performance in individuals with severe mental disorders : Assessment and family burden
Abstract : The overall aim of the present thesis was three-fold. The overall aim of the present thesis was three-fold. READ MORE
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3. Multidisciplinary rehabilitation in musculoskeletal disorders : Quantitative and qualitative follow-up studies
Abstract : The primary aim of this investigation was to evaluate a seven-weekmultidisciplinary rehabilitation programme, with emphasis onmusculoskeletal disorders, for working-age people, by assessments at thestart and end of the rehabilitation programme, and at follow-upexaminations 6, 12 and 24 months after completion of the programme. Afurther aim was to explore the experiences of people not returning to workduring a period of six years after participation in an extensivemultidisciplinary rehabilitation programme. READ MORE
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4. Studies on psychotic disorders in rural Ethiopia
Abstract : Background Studies on course and outcome of schizophrenia coming from low income countries are increasingly becoming important to challenge the existing dogma claiming good outcome in these countries. Besides clinical course and outcome, mortality is considered a very important outcome measure for schizophrenia. READ MORE
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5. The Camberwell Assessment of Need as an Outcome Measure in Community Mental Health Care
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to critically examine the current use of the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN) in outcome assessment for service evaluation. A further aim was to propose a metric for assessing the adequacy of community mental health services in meeting ongoing needs over longer stretches of time. READ MORE