Sökning: "Anorexia Nervosa AN"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 41 avhandlingar innehållade orden Anorexia Nervosa AN.
16. Self-admission as a treatment tool in severe anorexia nervosa
Sammanfattning : Self-admission to psychiatric inpatient treatment is an innovative collaborative approach to healthcare rationing that invites patients to play a more active role in deciding when they need a higher level of care. In self-admission, patients with a history of high utilization of inpatient treatment are offered the choice to decide for themselves when an episode of brief hospital admission—usually 3-7 days at a time—is warranted. LÄS MER
17. Bone and fat tissue in children and adolescents: studies with focus on osteocalcin
Sammanfattning : The general AIM was to investigate the possible interplay between bone and fat tissue through clinical studies of children and adolescents. Osteocalcin (OC), a bone formation marker, has been proposed to act as a link between bone and energy metabolism in mice, but human data are inconclusive. LÄS MER
18. Att ta skriken på allvar : Etiska perspektiv på självdestruktivt beteende
Sammanfattning : This dissertation has multiple goals. First to analyze self-destructive behavior and its relations to ethics. Secondly to evaluate four different ethical perspectives regarding self-destructiveness from a certain position of human nature. LÄS MER
19. Influence of serotonin-related genes on behavior and body weight
Sammanfattning : Rationale: The neurotransmitter serotonin has been implicated in the regulation of normal behaviors, including food intake, and attributed importance for a variety of common psychiatric conditions, including major depression, suicidal behavior, eating disorders and premenstrual dysphoria. The purpose of these studies was to explore the possible influence of genetic variation in serotonin-related genes on a) body weight, b) binding capacity of the serotonin transporter in the brain of suicide attempters and c) a disorder for which numerous findings suggest serotonin to play a key role, i. LÄS MER
20. A life put on hold : inside and outside perspectives on illness, treatment, and recovery in adolescents with restrictive eating disorders
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to study adolescents with restrictive eating disorders in relation to illness, treatment, and recovery from an inside and outside perspective. Studies I and II are based on data from a national quality register for eating-disorder treatment. LÄS MER