Search for dissertations about: "social psychiatry"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 189 swedish dissertations containing the words social psychiatry.
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21. Schizophrenia, social functions and quality of life
Abstract : A good quality of life (QoL) can be regarded as the ultimate goal of psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation. The objective of the present thesis was to study the how the QoL of patients with schizophrenia was related to their social functions and varying social environments. READ MORE
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22. Depression and Antisocial Behaviour in Adolescents : Influence of Social Status, Shaming, and Gene-Environment Interaction
Abstract : This thesis investigated (1) social status and shaming experiences in relation to aggressive behaviour and depression, and (2) gene-environment interactions between two genetic polymorphisms related to the serotonergic system – MAOA-VNTR and 5HTTLPR – and experiences of maltreatment in relation to delinquent behaviour and depression among adolescents. The four included studies are based on questionnaire data from the Survey of Adolescent Life in Vestmanland 2006 (SALVe-2006). READ MORE
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23. Winter Depression: Clinical, Psychosocial and Biochemical Characteristics
Abstract : Seasonal Affective Disorder with depressive episodes during the autumn/winter seasons (winter depression) is common. Outpatients with winter depression were studied regarding temperament, psychopathology, social characteristics, psychosocial functioning and the neuropeptides corticotropin - releasing hormone (CRH) and neuropeptide Y (NPY), which are known to be involved in stress-regulation. READ MORE
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24. Psychosocial aspects of depressive disorders
Abstract : The objective of this study was to elucidate the possible importance of factors from the social environment for the development of depression. As a theoretical framework, Engel's biopsychosocial model (Engel, 1980), based on systems theory, has been applied. READ MORE
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25. Autism in adult psychiatry outpatients - prevalence, comorbidity, suicidality and cognition
Abstract : Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), one of the Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical Examinations (ESSENCE), is a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) characterised by a pattern of deficits in reciprocal social communication and social interaction, and restricted and/or repetitive behaviours (including sensory abnormalities). Under its current DSM-5 definition, ASD occurs worldwide in 1-1. READ MORE