Search for dissertations about: "suicide attempts"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words suicide attempts.

  2. 21. Neuropsychological functions in women with borderline personality disorder and a history of suicide attempts

    Author : Liselotte Maurex; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex psychiatric disorder that leads to intense suffering for afflicted individuals, and extensive use of health care resources. Self-injurious and suicidal behaviors are common among individuals diagnosed with BPD, and as many as 10% of these will eventually die from suicide. READ MORE

  4. 22. Gene-environment interactions between HPA axis regulatory genes and stressful life events in suicide attempts

    Author : Yair Jacob Ben-Efraim; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Suicide is a leading cause of death. In the future, treatment for suicidal behavior, as well as public health prevention and/or intervention efforts, may be guided by genetic epidemiology. This research is informed by biological alterations which have been previously observed in suicidal behavior. READ MORE

  5. 23. Suicide in a clinical and a general population, with focus on comorbidity. Studies from the Lund Suicide Research Center and the Lundby Study

    Author : Cecilia Holmstrand; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : suicide; suicide attempt; risk factors; comorbidity; depression; dysthymia; alcohol use disorder;

    Abstract : Objective: To identify possible suicide risk factors in a clinical sample and suicide risk in a general population, with primary focus on mental disorders, signs, symptoms and comorbidity. Methods: In the first two studies, subjects who had been admitted to a specialised psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt were investigated. READ MORE

  6. 24. Suicide in Severe Depression: A Longitudinal Case-Control Study

    Author : Louise Brådvik; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sex differences; Antidepressants; ECT; Suicidal behaviour; Risk factors; Mortality; Depression.; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik;

    Abstract : Suicide in Severe Depression. A Longitudinal Case-Control Study. The present thesis is based on a case-control study of suicide victims with a severe depression/ melancholia. READ MORE

  7. 25. The very long-term course of severe depression, with focus on suicidality

    Author : Lisa Crona; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; life-chart; qualitative; suicide attempt; psychotic depression; long-term melancholia; depression;

    Abstract : Abstract Objective: To study the very long-term course of severe depression and the subjects own experiences many years after a suicide attempt. Method: Patients diagnosed with severe depression/melancholia between 1956 and 1969 were interviewed 37- 53 years after index admission. READ MORE