Sökning: "bipolar disorders"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 71 avhandlingar innehållade orden bipolar disorders.

  1. 21. Mood disorders and consequences of pharmacological treatment

    Författare :Alexander Viktorin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Mental health issues are medical problems getting increased attention throughout the world, and depression, only one among several types of mental illnesses, are currently reported as the second leading cause of disability world wide by the World Health Organization. Along this development, increased number of psychiatric diagnoses and increased utilization of medication can be observed. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Affective disorders : multivariate investigations of clinical and biological variables

    Författare :Björn Wahlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Affective disorders; psychiatric symptoms; classification; unipolardepression; bipolar disorder; cortisol; melatonin; monoamine oxidase; principle componentanalysis.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a methodological and clinical investigation of patients with affective disorders. The goal of the study was to determine the extent to which biological and clinical measures may cluster clinical subpopulations. Analytical and statistical procedures were applied for this purpose. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Bipolar disorder and lithium treatment : etiologies and consequences

    Författare :Jie Song; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Bipolar disorder is a chronic disabling psychiatric disorder marked by episodic disruptive mood swings, accompanied by disturbances in cognition and behavior. Without effective treatment, bipolar disorder can have devastating consequences, including suicide. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Sex steroids and gene variants in bipolar disorder

    Författare :Anette G M Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Bipolar disorder is a chronic, cycling disorder affecting circa 2% of the population and whose pathophysiology is still largely unknown. It has been suggested that common treatments used for bipolar disorder have effects on the sex steroids yet sex steroids have also been shown to have widespread effects in the brain in systems of relevance to bipolar disorder. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Translational studies on bipolar disorder and anorexia nervosa

    Författare :Vincent Millischer; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Translational medicine aims at closing the gap between basic and clinical sciences in an integrative way. Psychiatry is one of the few medical specialties in which diagnosis is primarily based on clinical observation and all mental disorders are defined by abnormal behaviors and cognitions. LÄS MER