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Showing 1 to 20 of 374 for “"mental disorders"”.
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Managing common mental disorders and PTSD in the community.
This thesis initially focuses on primary mental health provision within the community across common mental health disorders. It analyses a data set of Improved Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service users from the North East Essex IAPT service Health in Mind. The analysis initially …
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Towards an understanding of mental disorders in urban areas
… and other psychotic syndromes suggests these disorders are a characteristic of the human condition and ubiquitous with respect to the environment. This is based on an erroneous belief that the incidence of schizophrenia does not vary geographically. Since the seminal work of Faris and Dunham …
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Screening for common perinatal mental disorders in South Africa
… In South Africa the burden of common perinatal mental disorders, is approximately three times higher than in high-income countries, with negative consequences for maternal and child health. The high prevalence and 80% treatment gap may be attributable to multiple contextual risk factors that …
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Size and burden of mental disorders: A population based perspective
Die klinische Forschung zu Häufigkeit und Krankheitslast psychischer Störungen ist meist in mehrerer Hinsicht nicht repräsentativ. Insbesondere die Tatsache, dass die untersuchten Patienten sich von sich aus in Behandlung begeben, bedeutet eine gewisse Selektion (z.B. überdurchschnittlich …
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Trait-focused internet-based prevention of common mental disorders in students
… experience symptoms of depression, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders or eating disorders. This thesis aimed to develop and evaluate a trait-focused internet-based prevention programme for these disorders in students. The thesis comprises of three studies. Study 1: In a …
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Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders Among State and Federal Prison Inmates.
… than the general population to suffer from both mental disorders and substance abuse. The current study explored the relationship between diagnoses of mental disorders and maladaptive substance use among state and federal prison inmates. Linear regression analysis was used to ascertain the …
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Mental disorders and violence-related injuries : prevention opportunities in emergency centres
Mental disorders and violence-related injuries make significant contributions to the global disease burden, mostly affecting young people. In emergency centres, mental disorders and violence-related injuries are commonly seen and, according to international data, violently injured patients are …
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Clinical differentiation of mental disorders in the eldery : validation of the CAMDEX
… Examination (CAMCOG) from the Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination (CAMDEX) in the differential diagnosis of various dementing conditions. Specifically, this study examined: (a) the degree to which the CAMCOG would differentiate normal individuals from patients with …
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Functional consequences of mutations in GRIN2A and GRIN2B associated with mental disorders
… loss and dysfunction in several neurological disorders. Recently, individuals with a range of childhood onset epilepsies, intellectual disability and other neurodevelopmental abnormalities have been found to carry heterozygous gene-disrupting or protein-altering point mutations in GRIN2A and …
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Prenatal common mental disorders : the effects on neonatal negative birth outcomes in Iceland
Algengar geðraskanir á meðgöngu eins og kvíða- og þunglyndisraskanir leiða til fjölmargra líffræðilegra vandamála fyrir nýbura, til dæmis lægri fæðingarþyngd, fyrirburafæðing, og lægra Apgar skor. Nokkrir þættir eru taldir hafa áhrif á samband geðraskana mæðra á meðgöngu og neikvæðu áhrifunum á …
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Validation of clinical screens for suicidality and severe mental disorders for jail inmates.
Psychologists and other mental health professionals working in correctional institutions bear the considerable responsibility for identifying, diagnosing, and treating mentally disordered inmates. The importance of these responsibilities has been recognized in recent years because of the burgeoning …
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Workplace-related anxieties and workplace phobia : a concept of domain-specific mental disorders
… and workplace phobia as domain-specific mental disorders in contrast to conventional anxiety disorders? Method: 230 patients from an inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation center were interviewed with the (semi-)structured Mini-Work-Anxiety-Interview and the Mini International …
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A meta-analysis of the prediction of violence among adults with mental disorders
… of the risk for violence among persons with mental disorders has received substantial scientific attention over the past few decades; however, many uncertainties and controversies remain due to the wide disparities in the reported results. Using the state-of-the-art perspective of public …
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Common Mental Disorders Among Adolescents Accessing HIV Treatment In Cape Town, South Africa
… present time, data on the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in South Africa (SA) is limited. Studies that exist focus mainly on HIV-infected adults with mental health problems besides a few studies investigating depression and anxiety in …
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Common Mental Disorders Among Adolescents Accessing HIV Treatment In Cape Town, South Africa
… present time, data on the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in South Africa (SA) is limited. Studies that exist focus mainly on HIV-infected adults with mental health problems besides a few studies investigating depression and anxiety in …
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Hypertension and common mental disorders in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults
… and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition (DSM-IV) defined a) anxiety disorders b) depressive disorders and c) comorbid anxiety-depression, both lifetime and 12-month, adjusting for potential confounding variables.
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IN SUPPORT OF SPECIAL PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS IN RESEARCH: AN INTERSECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
… special protections in research are those with mental disorders. As a group, they are more likely to have diminished autonomy and decision making capacity, either because of the effects of their mental disorder or due to stigmas surrounding mental disorders. Persons with mental disorders are …
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Selected results of the "methods for the epidemiology of child and adolescent mental disorders" study
Bibliography: leaves 68-75.
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