Sökning: "concepts of mental health"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 41 avhandlingar innehållade orden concepts of mental health.
6. Representationer av psykisk ohälsa : Egna erfarenheter och dialogiskt meningsskapande i fokusgruppsamtal
Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to explore socially shared ideas about mental illness in everyday contexts. Drawing on social representation theory, organizations for users of mental health services and self-help groups are regarded as communities where social knowledge is constructed that makes intersubjective understanding of illness experiences possible. LÄS MER
7. Psykoterapins uppgift : Hälsa, bot och självförbättring i modernt psykoanalytiskt tänkande
Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this study is to critically examine, by means of theoretical analysis, the limits of psychotherapeutic intervention and the view of mental health embraced by the psychotherapy which is based on a psychodynamic thinking and procedure. This is done by asking how different theorists, e g Freud, Heinz Kohut and Otto Kernberg, are dealing with the questions of the indications of a need of psychotherapy, the desired extension of a therapeutic change and how the goals of treatment should be formulated. LÄS MER
8. Myt och manipulation : Radikal psykiatrikritik i svensk offentlig idédebatt 1968-1973
Sammanfattning : The aim of the present thesis is to study radical criticism of psychiatry in public discussion in Sweden between 1968 and 1973. Although it was not the first time psychiatry had been challenged, the debate during these years displayed an unprecedented intensity. LÄS MER
9. Growing up with poor health and managing school : Studies on ill health and young people's educational achievements
Sammanfattning : Aim and objectives: The overall aim of this thesis was to empirically investigate consequences of poor health for children’s educational outcomes in Sweden. A central tenet is that health problems impact not only the afflicted individual but also people in their social and emotional proximity, in particular immediate family members. LÄS MER
10. Kategorisering av barns "problem" i skolans värld : En undersökning av skolhälsovårdsrapporter läsåren 1944/45-1988/89
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate and analyze the categorization of children’s “problems” in comprehensive schools and the context in which the categorization is performed and used. A central question is: How are the children’s “problems” defined and formulated in the annual reports of the school health services for the school years 1944/45 to 1988/89? “Problems” in this context are illnesses, functional disabilities and other characteristics associated with what is perceived as the physical, psychical and social ill-health of a child. LÄS MER
