Search for dissertations about: "theory of psychiatry"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words theory of psychiatry.
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21. Measurement of mania and depression
Abstract : Background: In psychiatry, the assessment of symptom severity is being increasingly assisted by rating scales, in clinical practice as well as in research and quality control. Transforming the subjective symptoms of psychiatric disorders into valid numerical measures is subjected to numerous confounding factors. READ MORE
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22. Growing up with poor health and managing school : Studies on ill health and young people's educational achievements
Abstract : Aim and objectives: The overall aim of this thesis was to empirically investigate consequences of poor health for children’s educational outcomes in Sweden. A central tenet is that health problems impact not only the afflicted individual but also people in their social and emotional proximity, in particular immediate family members. READ MORE
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23. PET studies of the serotonin system in relation to behavioral phenotypes in psychiatry
Abstract : Behavioral phenotypes beyond core symptoms of diagnoses have become an area of high interest in psychiatric research. All major psychiatric diagnoses are associated with deficits in cognitive function, including impairments in social abilities, which contribute to great suffering and have a negative impact on the everyday life. READ MORE
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24. Creative arts therapies in psychiatry : a clinical application of the Bonny method of guided imagery and music and creative arts groups
Abstract : The Creative Arts Therapies (CATs) are characterized by imagery in altered states of consciousness, artistic expression (art, music, dance, drama) and metaphoric expression (as in poetry). The CATs implemented in this thesis consist of The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM), and the Spektrum Creative arts group program. READ MORE
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25. Features of Swedish municipal elderly and psychiatric group dwelling care after the health-care reforms of the 1990s
Abstract : The over all aim of this thesis, consisting of six studies, was to explore features of the Swedish municipal elderly and psychiatric group dwelling care after the 1990s health care reformation era. Focus is primarily on the municipal psychiatry. The mixed design, used here, employs both quantitative and qualitative methods. READ MORE