Sökning: "Forensic diagnosis"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade orden Forensic diagnosis.
1. Testosterone Use and Abuse : Methodological Aspects in Forensic Toxicology and Clinical Diagnostics
Sammanfattning : Abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is widespread in society and is today a major public health problem, associated with mental and somatic adverse effects and risk behavior, such as use of other illicit drugs and criminality. Testosterone, the most important endogenous male androgen, is therapeutically used in replacement therapy but is also extensively used as a doping agent. LÄS MER
2. Traffic and drowning incidents with emphasis on the presence of alcohol and drugs
Sammanfattning : Worldwide, fatal traffic injuries and drowning deaths are important problems. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the cirumstances of fatal and non-fatal traffic injuries and drowning deaths in Sweden including analysis of the presence of alcohol and drugs, which are considered to be major risk factors for these events. LÄS MER
3. Sudden cardiac death among the young in Sweden 1992-1999 : from epidemiology to support of the bereaved
Sammanfattning : Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a young person is a rare but tragic event, and the potential of prevention is unknown. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the prevention by analysing SCD in the young in Sweden during the period 1992-1999. Data of SCD in the young based on a national registry is not previously reported. LÄS MER
4. Psychopathy and biological markers in a forensic psychiatric population
Sammanfattning : The aim of this investigation was to determine the frequency of psychopathy and examine the co-morbidity pattern in a forensic psychiatric population in Sweden. In addition, possible biological markers were evaluated. The research subjects were 61 non-psychotic men, admitted for forensic psychiatric investigations in Uppsala during 1992 - 1994. LÄS MER
5. Violent offenders with schizophrenia : quantitative and qualitative studies focusing on the family of origin
Sammanfattning : The focus of the thesis is on violent offenders with schizophrenia and their relatives. The aims were to explore incidence of violent crimes, the extent to which family members were victims, to investigate individual background factors among violent offenders, and to identify psychotic symptoms and triggering factors associated with fatal violence. LÄS MER