Search for dissertations about: "suicide criminal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words suicide criminal.

  1. 1. On suicide in European countries : some theoretical, legal and historical views on suicide mortality and its concomitants

    Author : Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen; Stephen Platt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assisted suicide; comparative studies; cross-sectional studies; culture; Durkheim; Europe; history; law; modernization; Parsons; suicide; suicide rates; Sweden; theories; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The theme of this thesis is suicide mortality in its various aspects, seen from an international, European perspective. It questions the existence of social (structural) concomitants to suicide mortality and investigates attitudes towards and legislation concerning suicide, as well as some historical processes pertaining to their development. READ MORE

  2. 2. Suicides, psychotic disorders and criminality among former child and adolescent psychiatric patients followed into adulthood

    Author : Ulf Engqvist; Mittuniversitetet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; child; adolescent; adult; mortality; suicide; crime; mental disorders; psychotic disorders; paediatrics; longitudinal studies; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; Psychiatry; child; adolescent; adult; mortality; suicide; crime; mental disorders; psychotic disorders; paediatrics; longitudinal studies;

    Abstract : The overall aim was to provide information about child and adolescent psychiatric (CAP) patients and their outcome as adults: Were their difficulties in childhood due to mental illness, disablement and/or behaviour disorders? What happened to them as adults? Who were the patients in need of psychiatric care (GenP) in adulthood that had not had previous contact with CAP? Did this group differ from the former CAP group? Methods: Paper I-III: 1,400 CAP patients admitted 1975-1990 to inpatient or outpatient CAP care in Jämtland County, Sweden were followed until 2003. Paper IV: A sample of 167 GenP patients not treated in CAP was compared to GenP patients with a history of CAP care. READ MORE

  3. 3. On suicide and self-harm in university students and outcomes in persons with bipolar disorder and their offspring

    Author : Christine Takami Lageborn; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in young persons in Sweden and globally. The last decades have seen an increasing proportion of the youth population engaging in university level education. The university period usually coincides with other important life events such as moving away from home. READ MORE

  4. 4. Anabolic androgenic steroids and violence : a medicolegal and experimental study

    Author : Ingemar Thiblin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Forensic sciences; anabolic androgenic steroids; aggression; violence; homicide; suicide; accidental death; acetylcholin; dopamine; serotonin;

    Abstract : Non-medical use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) has been linked to various psychological and behavioural complications in case and survey reports. Judging from these reports, the symptoms most consistently associated with AAS use are extreme irritability, increased aggressiveness and mood swings. READ MORE

  5. 5. Violence against a person : the role of mental disorder and abuse : a study of homicides and an analysis of criminality in a cohort of patients with schizophrenia

    Author : Per Lindqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aggression; alcohol intoxication; alcoholism; family; follow-up studies; forensic psychiatry; homicide; mental disorder; schizophrenia; substance abuse;

    Abstract : Interpersonal violence is a matter of growing concern. Where the safety of the common man is concerned, the dangerousness of mental patients, the ongoing de-institutionalization within psychiatry, and the role of alcohol is disputed. READ MORE