Sökning: "Mental illness elderly"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Mental illness elderly.

  1. 11. Cost analysis and policy implications in psychiatric care

    Författare :Anne Tiainen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Psychiatric disorders; cost of illness; direct costs; indirect cost; production losses; regional variations; determinants; bipolar disorder; utilization; admission;

    Sammanfattning : The economic burden of mental health constitutes a substantial part of the total costs of illnesses. Most estimates of cost-of-illness focus on somatic illnesses and corresponding studies of mental health are few. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Purpose in life among very old people

    Författare :Pia Hedberg; Christine Brulin; Lena Aléx; Yngve Gustafson; Anna-Karin Edberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Purpose in life; very old; depression; gender; ageism; Nursing; Omvårdnad; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore purpose in life among very old people. The proportion of elderly is increasing in Sweden, especially among the group of very old aged over 85 years. Ageing has been associated from some perspectives with health, wisdom, maturity, and inner strength. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Violence through the life cycle : A public health problem

    Författare :Niclas Olofsson; Kent Lindqvist; Ingela Danielsson; Staffan Jansson; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Violence has probably always been part of the human experience. Its impact can be seen, in various forms, in all parts of the world. In 1996, WHO:s Forty-Ninth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution , declaring violence a major and growing public health problem around the world. LÄS MER

  5. 14. A female lay perspective on health, disease, and sickness absence

    Författare :Marlene Ockander; Wendy Stainton Rogers; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :sickness absence; sick leave; women; lay explanation models; phenomenology; interview; Q-methodology; account; health; vital goal; life plan; sense of coherence; prevention; rehabilitation; diagnosis; medical records; patients; medical decision making; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Knowledge about a female perspective on health and disease is important to understand what happens in e.g. the medical meeting. A deeper understanding for the phenomenon of health also has social and economic importance. LÄS MER

  7. 15. The toxicological pharmacoepidemiology of suicide : population-based studies on psychotropic-medication use in Sweden

    Författare :Jonas Forsman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The act of completed suicide is a complex phenomenon associated with numerous identified individual and combined risk factors. Mental illness and related disorders confer among the highest risks of completed suicide and have consequently been targeted through pharmacological interventions. LÄS MER