Sökning: "Schizophrenia Mortality"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden Schizophrenia Mortality.

1. 1. Studies on psychotic disorders in rural Ethiopia

   Författare :Solomon Teferra Abebe; Lars Jacobsson; Gunnar Kullgren; Martin Prince; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Attribution; caregivers; course and outcome; key informant method; khat; longitudinal study; mortality; psychotic disorders; qualitative methods; schizophrenia; semi-nomadic; severe mental illness; treatment; Ethiopia; sub-Saharan Africa; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Sammanfattning : Background Studies on course and outcome of schizophrenia coming from low income countries are increasingly becoming important to challenge the existing dogma claiming good outcome in these countries. Besides clinical course and outcome, mortality is considered a very important outcome measure for schizophrenia. LÄS MER

3. 2. Long-Term Functional Psychosis : Epidemiology in Two Different Counties in Sweden

   Författare :Birgitta Widerlöv; Lars von Knorring; Jerker Hetta; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Psychiatry; epidemiology; functional psychosis; schizophrenia; prevalence; rural-urban gradient; comparative study; antipsychotic drugs; diagnostic criteria; mortality; Psykiatri;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on two independent studies, the first in Stockholm County (index year 1984; n=302), and the second, a replication and validation study, in Uppsala County (index year 1991; n=455).The general aim was to study all individuals with Long-term Functional Psychosis (LFP) within the two counties of Sweden from an epidemiological perspective and to perform specific studies on a subgroup of individuals with schizophrenia. LÄS MER

4. 3. Psychosurgery in Sweden 1944 - 1958 : the practice, the professional and media discourse

   Författare :Kenneth Ögren; Marie Åsberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; lobotomy; Sweden; schizophrenia; mortality; gender; behaviour; implementation; media; discourse; profession; neurosurgeon; psychiatrist; medical superintendent; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Sammanfattning : Background. The pioneering early experiments of prefrontal lobotomy were performed in 1944 by neurosurgeons in Stockholm in collaboration with psychiatrists. There was a rapid implementation of the new surgical approach. In 1946 and 1947 the two state mental hospitals, Umedalen and Sidsjön, introduced prefrontal lobotomy on a large scale. LÄS MER

5. 4. Mortality in schizophrenia and affective disorder

   Författare :Urban Ösby; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Schizophrenia; Bipolar disorder; Unipolar disorder; Schizophrenia Incidence; Standardized Mortality Ratio; Schizophrenia Mortality; Bipolar disorder Mortality; Unipolar disorder Mortality; Schizophrenia Suicide; Bipolar disorder Suicide; Unipolar disorder Suicide. Medical Record Linkage; Patient admission; Epidemiology; Registries;

   Sammanfattning : Patients with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and unipolar disorder have a considerably increased mortality compared to the population. To reduce this increased mortality is a major task for clinical psychiatry, and the aim of this study is to improve the knowledge about the increased mortality in order to reduce its effects for the patients. LÄS MER

7. 5. Prognostic Factors in First-Episode Schizophrenia : Five-year Outcome of Symptoms, Function and Obesity

   Författare :Robert Bodén; Johan Sundström; Leif Lindström; Lena Flyckt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; First-episode; psychosis; schizophrenia; community mental health services; remission; functional outcome; biochemistry; obesity; weight-gain; prediction; autonomic balance; electrocardiography; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Sammanfattning : Our knowledge of prognostic factors and optimal treatment organisation in schizophrenia is incomplete. The disparity of outcome measures used has been a major obstacle for research. Increasing evidence has shown that schizophrenia is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality, development of obesity and autonomic nervous system imbalance. LÄS MER