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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 248 avhandlingar innehållade orden Mental illness.

  1. 21. Problemet utan namn? : Neuroser, stress och kön i Sverige från 1950 till 1980

    Författare :Maria Björk; Karin Johannisson; Maja Bondestam; Motzi Eklöf; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Neuroses; neurosis; stress; health; illness; vague symptoms; history of medicine; housewives; women; gender; modernity; welfare state; medicine; citizenship; man; Woman; psychiatry; psychosomatic; symptoms; Hans Selye; Lennart Levi; Gunnar Lundquist; health care; social medicine; mental hygiene; public medicine; patients charts; sex roles.; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : Focusing on Sweden between 1950 and 1980, this doctoral dissertation analyzes and problematizes the process in which a discourse about neurosis and nervous troubles gradually evolved into a discourse about stress. The thesis aims to show how the medical and general discussion about diffuse or vague symptoms transformed and rearticulated ideas and views on society and man, citizenship, gender roles, and medicine. LÄS MER

  2. 22. Categorization Work in the Swedish Welfare State : Doctors and social insurance officers on persons with mental ill-health

    Författare :Maricel L Knechtel; Michael Allvin; Rafael Lindqvist; Sandra Torres; David Rosenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutional categorization; institutional categories; street-level bureaucrats; discretion; sick leave; sick listing; diagnosis; mental illness; psychiatric diagnosis; moral work; deservingness; worthiness; medical sociology; work capability; medical certification; social insurance; vignette studies; discrimination; labeling; stickiness; social mechanisms; matching; screening; signaling; cognitive categorization; working conditions; conflicting demands; client processing; Human Service Organizations; work approach; primary health care; moral stress; Bayes; work capability; rationing; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation contributes to the debate on street-level bureaucracy, which highlights how the decisions made by workers in public bureaucracies effectively become public policy. This debate has paid relatively little attention to the study of how professionals carry out their work by means of institutional categorization, a knowledge gap that this study helps to close. LÄS MER

  3. 23. Spending my time- Time use and meaningfulness in daily occupations as perceived by people with persistent mental illness

    Författare :Christel Leufstadius; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; time use; Persistent mental illness; meaningful occupations; occupational balance; daily activities; work; imbalance; well-being and mental health;

    Sammanfattning : Engagement in daily occupations, especially those perceived as meaningful, is essential for health and well-being. According to evaluation reports, many individuals with persistent mental illness seem to lack meaningful everyday occupations. LÄS MER

  4. 24. Mental health promotion among community-dwelling seniors with multimorbidity : perspectives of seniors, district nurses and home care assistants

    Författare :Åke Grundberg; Dorota Religa; Anna Hansson; Pernilla Hillerås; Bengt Winblad; Jonas Sandberg; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Ageing; Care of older people; District nurse; Home care assistants; Mental health; Mental health promotion; Municipal care; Nursing; Older people; Primary healthcare; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : The prevalence of mental illness is increasing among the older population in Sweden. One of the most vulnerable groups for mental health problems is older persons with multimorbidity, i.e. seniors with multiple chronic conditions. LÄS MER

  5. 25. The Camberwell Assessment of Need as an Outcome Measure in Community Mental Health Care

    Författare :Erik Wennström; Christina Hultman; Lars Hansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Psychiatry; needs assessment; outcome measures; mental health care; health service evaluation; severe mental illness; psychotic disorders; Psykiatri;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to critically examine the current use of the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN) in outcome assessment for service evaluation. A further aim was to propose a metric for assessing the adequacy of community mental health services in meeting ongoing needs over longer stretches of time. LÄS MER