Sökning: "non-suicidal self-injury"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden non-suicidal self-injury.
1. Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Swedish Adolescents : Prevalence, Characteristics, Functions and Associations With Childhood Adversities
Sammanfattning : Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), such as intentionally cutting, burning or hitting oneself, is a behavior with potentially detrimental consequences and empirical studies are necessary to gain knowledge of how to prevent NSSI in adolescents. The aims of this thesis were to investigate the prevalence, methods, characteristics and functions of NSSI in a large community sample of Swedish adolescents, and to examine the relationship between NSSI and adverse life events and trauma symptoms. LÄS MER
2. The role of pain modulation in non-suicidal self-injury
Sammanfattning : Individuals with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behavior tend to report feeling little or no pain when they self-injure. Moreover, in laboratory studies the NSSI population tends to demonstrate reduced sensitivity to painful stimuli. There is reason to believe that hypoalgesia could be a risk factor for developing and maintaining NSSI. LÄS MER
3. Characteristics of Self-Injury in Young Adolescents : Findings from Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies in Swedish Schools
Sammanfattning : Self-injury in adolescents (e.g. when individuals cut, burn, hit or otherwise deliberately cause themselves direct injury), has gained recognition as a potentially important mental health problem during the past decade. Relatively little has been known about the scope and characteristics of this behavior in Swedish adolescents. LÄS MER
4. Factors affecting the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder
Sammanfattning : Background: In patients with bipolar disorder, long-term treatment with mood-stabilisers is often required to prevent manic and depressive episodes. At present, our knowledge remains limited regarding factors that influence the outcomes of mood-stabiliser treatment. LÄS MER
5. Autism in adult psychiatry outpatients - prevalence, comorbidity, suicidality and cognition
Sammanfattning : Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), one of the Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical Examinations (ESSENCE), is a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) characterised by a pattern of deficits in reciprocal social communication and social interaction, and restricted and/or repetitive behaviours (including sensory abnormalities). Under its current DSM-5 definition, ASD occurs worldwide in 1-1. LÄS MER