Search for dissertations about: "suicide russia"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words suicide russia.

  2. 1. Suicide in Russia : A macro-sociological study

    Author : Tanya Jukkala; Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen; Vessela Misheva; Paavo Bergman; Steven Stack; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Suicide; Russia; historical development; time-series analysis; age-period-cohort analysis; Émile Durkheim; Niklas Luhmann;

    Abstract : This work constitutes a macro-sociological study of suicide. The empirical focus is on suicide mortality in Russia, which is among the highest in the world and has, moreover, developed in a dramatic manner over the second half of the 20th century. READ MORE

  4. 2. Migration, mental health and suicide : an epidemiological, psychiatric and cross-cultural study

    Author : Leena Maria Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ethnicity suicide Finns psychiatric admissions self-reportedhealth meaning making systems.;

    Abstract : Background: In spite of restrictions in Swedish immigration policy during the 1990s, the foreign-born population (10.7% in 1996) is steadily increasing because of immigration of relatives of refugees and labor migrants. READ MORE

  5. 3. Post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behaviour in immigrants to Sweden

    Author : Marcello Ferrada-Noli; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : transcultural psychiatry; suicide; metasuicide; immigrants; refugees; post-traumatic stress disorder;

    Abstract : The aim of the investigation was to study definite and undetermined suicides in immigrants to Sweden, as well as aspects of suicidal behaviour associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among immigrants/refugees. We have also inquired in which modality immigrant suicide victims had been in contact with psychiatric care. READ MORE

  6. 4. Alcohol-Related Problems in Eastern Europe : A Comparative Perspective

    Author : Jonas Landberg; Thor Norström; Mats Ramstedt; William Alex Pridemore; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Eastern Europe; alcohol consumption; alcohol-related harm; time-series analysis; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the association between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Eastern Europe. The main aim was to estimate to what extent changes in per capita alcohol consumption have an impact on different forms of alcohol-related mortality, and to put the results in an international comparative perspective. READ MORE