Sökning: "First Episode Psychosis"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade orden First Episode Psychosis.
1. Prognostic Factors in First-Episode Schizophrenia : Five-year Outcome of Symptoms, Function and Obesity
Sammanfattning : Our knowledge of prognostic factors and optimal treatment organisation in schizophrenia is incomplete. The disparity of outcome measures used has been a major obstacle for research. Increasing evidence has shown that schizophrenia is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality, development of obesity and autonomic nervous system imbalance. LÄS MER
2. Neuropsychological Aspects of First-Episode Psychosis : Diagnosis, Course and Outcome
Sammanfattning : The present thesis is based on studies of neuropsychological functions in first episode psychosis patients (FEP) from the Swedish multicenter study, the Parachute Project. The thesis aims to clarify neuropsychological functions in psychotic illnesses. LÄS MER
3. First episode psychosis and outcome : findings from a Swedish multi-centre study
Sammanfattning : The Parachute Project was a Swedish multi-centre project that included 175 First Episode Psychosis patients who were followed over five years. The aim was to provide need adapted care with low medication and based on out-patient support in order to positively affect long-term outcome. LÄS MER
4. PET studies on the immune cell marker TSPO in first episode psychosis patients
Sammanfattning : Several lines of evidence are indicative of a role for immune activation in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Nevertheless, studies using positron emission tomography (PET) and radioligands for the translocator protein (TSPO), a marker for glial activation, have yielded inconsistent results. LÄS MER
5. Novel blood markers in psychosis
Sammanfattning : Psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia maintain a 1% point prevalence in society at large. They cause much suffering to the patients and exact grave costs on society. There is an urgent need for better diagnosis and treatment of psychotic disorders. LÄS MER