Sökning: "obsessive compulsive disorder"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 35 avhandlingar innehållade orden obsessive compulsive disorder.

  1. 16. Panic! Its Prevalence, Diagnosis and Treatment via the Internet

    Författare :Per Carlbring; Gerhard Andersson; K Gunnar Götestam; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; panic disorder; self-help techniques; agoraphobia; bibliotherapy; internet; randomized controlled trail; prevalence; screening; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : As evidenced by several trials, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a highly effective treatment for Panic disorder with or without agoraphobia (PD). However, therapists are short in supply, and patients with agoraphobia may not seek therapy due to fear of leaving their homes or traveling certain distances. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Assessment of Function, Structure and Working Memory in Adolescents with a Recent Diagnosis of an Eating Disorder

    Författare :Linda Solstrand Dahlberg; Helgi Schiöth; Samantha Brooks; Pleunie Hogenkamp; Lars Nyberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Eating disorders; anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; eating disorders not otherwise specified; fmri; Neuroscience; Neurovetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Body, weight and shape related obsessions and ruminations are characteristic traits of individuals with eating disorders (ED) that are found to predate the onset of the disorder. Individuals with chronic ED display altered neural activation in response to food stimuli, and are reported to have volumetric differences compared to healthy individuals, which is likely an effect of prolonged starvation. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Capsulotomy in anxiety disorders

    Författare :Christian Rück; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :obsessive-compulsive disorder; anxiety disorders; psychosurgery; internal capsule; prefrontal cortex; neuropsychology; personality inventory; bioethics; neurosurgery;

    Sammanfattning : Background and aim: Anxiety disorders are common and a substantial proportion of patients do not respond to conventional treatments such as SSRIs or CBT. Capsulotomy is a neurosurgical treatment for treatment refractory patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and other anxiety disorders. LÄS MER

  5. 19. On natural and drug-induced reward : genetic, biochemical and behavioral comparisons

    Författare :Martin Werme; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :VTA; nucleus accumbens; wheel running; exercise; drugs of abuse; addiction; compulsive; deltaFosB; Nurr1; Dynorphin;

    Sammanfattning : Work in this thesis compares natural and drug- induced reward at genetic, biochemical and behavioral levels with the objective to obtain information about key mechanisms underlying reward and addiction, and improve the understanding of compulsive elements that characterize addiction. Surveys among committed human runners have described running as addictive. LÄS MER

  7. 20. On the profiling of autoantibodies in psychiatric disorders

    Författare :David Just; Peter Nilsson; Anna Månberg; Jochen M. Schwenk; Angela Vincent; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; affinity proteomics; microarrays; suspension bead array; autoantibodies; autoimmunity; psychiatric disorders; schizophrenia;

    Sammanfattning : There is a great need to increase our understanding of diseases affecting the brain and their underlying pathogenic mechanisms. To address this need, the work presented in this thesis applied affinity based proteomic techniques to profile proteins, and to investigate protein profiles and the autoantibody repertoire in brain related disorders. LÄS MER