Sökning: "Affective illness"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 28 avhandlingar innehållade orden Affective illness.

  1. 1. Adoption studies on psychiatric illness : epidemiological, environmental and genetic aspects

    Författare :Anne-Liis von Knorring; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adoption; adoption outcome; psychiatric illness; gene-environment; early experience; somatoform disorders; affective disorders; substance abuse; sick-leave;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of adoptions and to study the gene-environment influences on psychiatric illness as well as sick-leave patterns. The material consists of 2 966 adopted persons born between 1917 and 1949, their 5 932 adoptive parents and 5 438 identified biological parents. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Studies on affective disorders in rural Ethiopia

    Författare :Abebaw Fekadu; Lars Jacobsson; Gunnar Kullgren; Lars von Knorring; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; bipolar disorder; depressive disorder; affective disorder; mood disorder; prevalence; outcome; cross-sectional study; prospective study; longitudinal study; isolated population; Ethiopia; Africa; developing countries; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; psykiatri; Psychiatry;

    Sammanfattning : Background Affective disorders are poorly defined and studied in sub-Saharan Africa despite their substantial public health impact. Objectives Overall objective: To describe the epidemiology of selected affective disorders in rural Ethiopia. Specific objectives 1. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Patients with unexplained chest pain ? Pain experience, stress, coping and health-related quality of life

    Författare :Margaretha Jerlock; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :chest pain; coping; illness; life events; nursing; quality of life; sleep; stress symptom;

    Sammanfattning : Chest pain is a common symptom that causes individuals to seek acute care at emergency departments; however, more than half of these patients are judged to have no organic cause to their pain. In Sweden, the number of patients discharged from hospital with a diagnosis of unexplained chest pain (UCP) has increased from 8,432 in 1987 to 17,555 in 2005. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Life-charting patients with treatment-refractory affective disorder

    Författare :Anna Ehnvall; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Life charting; treatment-refractory affective disorder; sensitisation; ; CRH challenge test; ACTH; MHPG; perception of parental rearing;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction:In treatment-refractory affective illness there are several hypothesis to suggest alterations in the neurobiological systems in relation to illness course. The underlying mechanisms have been scantily investigated. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Life-story perspective on caring within cultural contexts : experiences of severe illness and of caring

    Författare :Terttu Häggström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

    Sammanfattning : People are afflicted by severe illnesses and adversities in life and they practice care privately and professionally in different cultural contexts from the view of their own life-story perspective. Five studies with a qualitative approach were linked together with the overall aim of disclosing the experience of severe illness and caring with a life-story perspective in different cultural contexts. LÄS MER