Sökning: "unipolar illness"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden unipolar illness.

  1. 1. Affective disorders in a stress-vulnerability perspective : a clinical, biological and psycho-social study

    Författare :Lars Johnson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Affective illness; bipolar illness; unipolar illness; twin study; cognitive dysfunction; age of onset; early parental loss; life events; tryptophan depletion; lithium; social support; personality; outcome.;

    Sammanfattning : Affective illness is a common, recurrent and often severe illness, which causes severe suffering to the patients and their families, friends and co-workers. Furthermore the costs for society are substantial. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Affective disorders : multivariate investigations of clinical and biological variables

    Författare :Björn Wahlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Affective disorders; psychiatric symptoms; classification; unipolardepression; bipolar disorder; cortisol; melatonin; monoamine oxidase; principle componentanalysis.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a methodological and clinical investigation of patients with affective disorders. The goal of the study was to determine the extent to which biological and clinical measures may cluster clinical subpopulations. Analytical and statistical procedures were applied for this purpose. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Suicide in Severe Depression: A Longitudinal Case-Control Study

    Författare :Louise Brådvik; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sex differences; Antidepressants; ECT; Suicidal behaviour; Risk factors; Mortality; Depression.; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik;

    Sammanfattning : Suicide in Severe Depression. A Longitudinal Case-Control Study. The present thesis is based on a case-control study of suicide victims with a severe depression/ melancholia. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of indicated preventive interventions for depression in adolescents : An application of health economics methods

    Författare :Richard Ssegonja; Anna Sarkadi; Inna Feldman; Sophie Langenskiöld; Ulf Jonsson; Jeffrey Hoch; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Health economics; adolescent depression; indicated prevention; direct costs; Markov models; welfare burden;

    Sammanfattning : Unipolar depressive disorders are commonly encountered conditions in clinical practice with about 25% reporting their first episode during adolescence. Longitudinal studies show adolescent depression to be associated with an increased risk of mental illness in adulthood, healthcare usage, poor educational outcomes, unemployment, and dependency on welfare recipiency. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Biology of lithium response in bipolar disorder : genetic mechanisms and telomeres

    Författare :Lina Martinsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Bipolar;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Bipolar disorder is a common, chronic and severe mental illness, causing suffering and large costs. Lithium treatment is the golden standard and works in 2/3 of patients, of which 50% are called lithium responders. LÄS MER