Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"psychiatric illness"”.
-
Cultural construction of psychiatric illness : a case of amafufunyane
… of this study was to explore definitions of an illness condition amafunyane and the subsequent help-seeking behaviour amongst Black Psychiatric patients who were attending a psychiatric community clinic in Guguletu, a residential area for Blacks in Cape Town). Psychiatrists have always been …
-
Social and cultural determinants of psychiatric illness : presenting in an urban general hospital
In spite of these words to Martha Bernays, at that time his fiancee, Freud was for very long preoccupied with the analysis of patients from a Viennese middle- class practice a lone. It was out of this experience that he evolved his views of the origin of psychological symptoms from repression of …
-
The influence of personnel selection on the nature of psychiatric illness in the services
… in a variety of groups admitted to a Base Psychiatric Hospital. (2) The relationships between the group incidence of anxiety state and manic - depressive psychosis and between hysteria and schizophrenia have been indicated. (3) The influence of the standard of personnel selection and morale …
-
Rejection Sensitivity and Social Support as Predictors of Peer Victimization among Youth with Psychiatric Illness
… victimization in a sample of adolescents with psychiatric illness. Participants included 43 adolescents, aged 12-18 with diverse psychiatric diagnoses, who were recruited from a summer residential treatment program. Participants completed measures of peer victimization, perceptions of social …
-
Exploring the application of psychiatric genetic counselling within the UK.
… progress is being made in molecular psychiatry. Psychiatric genetic counselling (PGC), which may address how our knowledge from genetic studies is delivered to patients, is likely to become more routinely available as our aetiological understanding of psychiatric illness increases. The present …
-
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use During Pregnancy: Perinatal Outcomes
… pregnancies, compared with infants of women with psychiatric illness not treated with medication. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of pregnancies followed in a prenatal clinic for women with psychiatric illness. Infants of women who received SRI medication through delivery (SRI-treated) were …
-
Psychological distress and psychiatric symptoms in Edinburgh University medical students
… obtained relates to the prevalence of serious psychiatric illness. Less is known about rates of minor psychological complaints which nonetheless may have important effects on an individuals adjustment to university life, his or her emotional well-being, and capacity to work effectively.
-
Psychiatric Patients' Participation in a 3-Month Jogging Program
Fifteen psychiatric inpatients participated in, and nine completed, a 3-month jogging program designed to improve cardiovascular fitness. Subjects ranged in age from 21 to 38 and were medically approved prior to entering the program. Different races and sexes were represented. All of the subjects …
-
The role of premorbid factors and adverse childhood experiences in the persistence of symptoms post mild traumatic brain injury (persistent postconcussive symptoms)
… factors (e.g., cognitive reserve, psychiatric illness) may influence the persistence of postconcussive symptoms (PPCS). Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) may be another psychosocial factor that influences PPCS, but few studies have assessed the relationship between ACEs and TBI. …
-
Essays in the philosophy of psychiatry
… with particular attention paid to anti-psychiatric concerns. In Chapter 1, I consider three versions of anti-realism about psychiatric illness. I argue that Szasz's version of anti-realism should be rejected because it rests on a misunderstanding of illnesses more generally. Although I …
-
Effect of rare and common single amino acid substitutions on DISC1 subcellular targeting and functional interaction with ATF4
DISC1, a strong genetic candidate for psychiatric illness, is a molecular scaffold residing in multiple subcellular compartments, where it regulates the function of interacting proteins with key roles in neurodevelopment and plasticity. Both common and rare DISC1 missense variants are associated …
-
Potential biological embedding of adverse and enriching environments through epigenetic mediators
… impaired in numerous mood- and stress-related psychiatric illnesses. Replicable variability of the aforementioned neuroimaging measures are also noted in associated with psychiatric illnesses. Together, variability in these fronto-limbic structure, function, and connectivity measures are …
-
The Effect of Mantram Repetition on QOL in Low-income, Urban Dwelling Older Adults
… previous meditation experience, history of psychiatric illness, housing status and MR frequency. Dependent study variables included QOL domains scores derived from the World Health Organization Quality of Life -BREF. Descriptive and inferential statistics were conducted using SPSS, version …
-
Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) Utility in Differentiating Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Subtypes
… (ADHD) subjects from controls without any psychiatric illness. However, CPTs have neither accurately differentiated ADHD children from those with other psychiatric disorders—nor differentiated subtypes of ADHD from each other. The Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA), a new CPT, has …
-
A study on the discernment by occupational therapists on whether mental health service users' occupations of a spiritual nature are health seeking behaviours or manifestations of illness
… health seeking behaviours or manifestations of a psychiatric illness are described. Five occupational therapists within mental health practice were interviewed and transcribed data were analysed using Nvivo and Stake (2006)’s cross case analysis worksheets. Member checking, peer reviews, research …
-
Exclusive home treatment and hospital treatment for acute psychiatric disorder: a controlled evaluation
Home Treatment for acute psychiatric illness was compared to conventional hospitalisation in a design which focused on completed episodes of either exclusive alternative. The evaluation was conducted with the West Birmingham Home Treatment Team and All Saints Hospital, Birmingham. Forty cases in …
-
The twitcing eye : REM sleep and the emotional brain
… the clinical study of how sleep is affected by psychiatric illness. This thesis examines the history of sleep research in terms of its relationship to emotional processing, both from the physiological and the psychological perspective. We are introduced to the scientists who discovered REM in …
-
Midlife Suicide: Examination Through an Ecological and Interpersonal Lens
… risk; mental health concerns stemming from psychiatric illness; connectivity with others; and a desire to end pain. The findings suggest that experiencing suicidality as a midlife adult is a largely isolating experience and that online forums may provide a respite from loneliness and …
-
The likelihood of admission of elderly persons to a psychiatric hospital : a comparative study of elderly persons admitted for the first time to a psychiatric hospital and of elderly persons in the community, with special reference to the composition, organisation, and structural integration of their families
… number of admissions of elderly patients to psychiatric hospitals. This study has been prompted by similar concern in Cape Town. Although old people have always suffered from psychiatric illnesses, the problem becomes more acute as the numbers of elderly rise, especially in industrialised …
Page 1 of 3