Sökning: "child and adolescent mental health"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 44 avhandlingar innehållade orden child and adolescent mental health.

  1. 1. Adolescent mental health : time trends and validity of self-report measures

    Författare :Ida Blomqvist; Eva Henje; Inga Dennhag; Anne Hammarström; Lotte Haverman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescent; classical test theory; computer adaptive testing; cross-sectional; differential item functioning; graded response model; item banks; item response theory; measurement invariance; mental health; Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale second edition; self-report measures; time trends; barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; Child and Youth Psychiatry;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Studies of time trends of adolescent self-reported mental health suggest an increase of mental health symptoms globally. Unfortunately, several studies within the field have methodological problems, such as short time-period between measurements and different mental health measures over time. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Grown-up children of divorce : Experiences and health

    Författare :Teresia Ängarne-Lindberg; Marie Wadsby; Carina Berterö; Michael Gähler; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parental divorce; mental health; somtic health; narratives; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

    Sammanfattning : The comprehensive purpose of the thesis was to study the health and experiences, with a main focus on mental health, of a group of grown-up children of divorced parents in comparison to a group of persons without this experience. Mental health, experienced life events, narratives of divorce related experiences and personal resources were therefore examined in a group of young adults (age 22-33 years) whose parents divorced 15 years before the start of the first three studies. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Adolescents' perspectives : on mental health, being at risk, and promoting initiatives

    Författare :Agneta Tinnfält; Charli Eriksson; Elinor Brunnberg; Bengt Lindström; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; abuse and neglect; adolescent; bioecological model; child public health; children of alcoholics; Convention on the Rights of the Child; school health service; social work; barn i riskzon; barn till alkoholiserade föräldrar; folkhälsa för barn; Konventionen om barnets rättigheter; skolhälsovård; socialt arbete; utvecklingsekologisk modell; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

    Sammanfattning : Mental health is a major child public health issue in Sweden. The overall aims of this thesis are to explore girls’ and boys’ perspectives on mental health and on mental health-promoting initiatives, and to deepen the knowledge of disclosure and support for ado-lescents at risk of abuse and neglect. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Suicides, psychotic disorders and criminality among former child and adolescent psychiatric patients followed into adulthood

    Författare :Ulf Engqvist; Mittuniversitetet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; child; adolescent; adult; mortality; suicide; crime; mental disorders; psychotic disorders; paediatrics; longitudinal studies; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; Psychiatry; child; adolescent; adult; mortality; suicide; crime; mental disorders; psychotic disorders; paediatrics; longitudinal studies;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to provide information about child and adolescent psychiatric (CAP) patients and their outcome as adults: Were their difficulties in childhood due to mental illness, disablement and/or behaviour disorders? What happened to them as adults? Who were the patients in need of psychiatric care (GenP) in adulthood that had not had previous contact with CAP? Did this group differ from the former CAP group? Methods: Paper I-III: 1,400 CAP patients admitted 1975-1990 to inpatient or outpatient CAP care in Jämtland County, Sweden were followed until 2003. Paper IV: A sample of 167 GenP patients not treated in CAP was compared to GenP patients with a history of CAP care. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Child labour in Addis Ketema, Ethiopia : a study in mental health

    Författare :Daniel Fekadu Wolde-Giorgis; Bruno Hägglöf; Atalay Alem; Marianne Cederblad; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child labour; child abuse; psychiatry; Ethiopia; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Child labour is a very common global problem. There are an estimated over 250 million in the world, and about 7.5 million child labourers in Ethiopia. Most of the studies available to date focus on the social, political, and economical issues, but very little on mental health or psychosocial problems of child labourers. LÄS MER