Sökning: "psychiatric diagnostics"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden psychiatric diagnostics.

1. 6. Young Adults in General Psychiatry

   Författare :Adriana Ramirez; Mia Ramklint; Lisa Ekselius; Hans Ågren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Young adults; multi-axial diagnostics; self-referred; help seeking; axis IV; axis V; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psykiatri; Psychiatry;

   Sammanfattning : Mental illness is common, and usually starts early in life. However, the majority of those affected never seek mental health care. The overall aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge about help-seeking young adults with mental illness in order to improve diagnostic procedures in clinical psychiatry. LÄS MER

3. 7. Autism syndromes in three behavioural phenotype conditions. A clinical psychiatric study of 76 individuals with Möbius sequence, CHARGE syndrome, and oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum

   Författare :Maria E I Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :autism syndromes; behavioural phenotype conditions; Möbius; CHARGE; OAV; ADI-R; CARS; ABC; brain stem;

   Sammanfattning : AUTISM SYNDROMES IN THREE BEHAVIOURAL PHENOTYPE CONDITIONS A clinical psychiatric study of 76 individuals with Möbius sequence, CHARGE syndrome, and oculoauriculovertebral spectrum Maria Johansson Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Göteborg University, Sweden Abstract Objectives: (1) Examine the prevalence of autism syndromes in three different Behavioural Phenotype Conditions (BPCs), (2) examine background and associated factors/conditions, and (3) describe and evaluate diagnostic difficulties in this field of research. Method: As part of multidisciplinary surveys of Möbius sequence (Möbius) (n=25), CHARGE syndrome (CHARGE) (n=31) and oculoauriculovertebral spectrum (OAV) (n=20), the occurrence of autism symptoms was assessed utilizing the DSM-III-R and DSM-IV checklists for autistic disorder (AD), the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and the Autistic Behavior Checklist (ABC). LÄS MER

4. 8. Neurobiological markers for personality, inflammation and stress: A naturalistic study in knee arthroplastic patients

   Författare :Sara Bromander; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; personality; cytokine; aggression; inflammation; impulsivity; inslulin; blood-brain barrier;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Psychiatry has strived to identify biomarkers elucidating the underlying biological mechanisms behind different disorders, to help in diagnostics and to assess treatment effects. In forensic psychiatric populations, findings have connected levels of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolites and blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity with impulsivity and aggression. LÄS MER

5. 9. Frontotemporal dementia - symptoms and brain pathology

   Författare :Maria Landqvist; Lund Psykiatri; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; genetics; neuropsychiatric symptoms; protein pathology; clinical diagnosis; neuropathology; biomarkers; Frontotemporal dementia;

   Sammanfattning : Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the clinical term for a heterogeneous group of dementia disorders with symptoms emerging from frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). FTD encompasses the behavioural variant (bvFTD) and the progressive aphasias: progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA) and semantic dementia (SD). LÄS MER

7. 10. Post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behaviour in immigrants to Sweden

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

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER