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Diabetes and obesity in primary health care - a condition beyond physiological factors
(2011-11-18)
Aims: The objectives of this thesis are to illustrate how obese and normal-weight individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) experience their health status and health care interactions and to highlight the diabetes team ...
Illness perception and fatigue after myocardial infarction
(2009-05-15)
Treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) has undergone major advances in recent years, including reductions in mortality and hospital stays. To optimize patients’ recovery, secondary preventive strategies are important. ...
On the Effects of Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Major Depression
(2019-01-25)
This thesis focuses on the antidepressant effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and how these are reflected by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). To this end, we have assembled a large data ...
Quality of life, school performance, treatment adherence and gender differences in asthma.
(2009-10-19)
The aims of this thesis were to estimate the effectiveness of a computerized asthma education
program designed to suit young people (I), to analyze whether quality of life changed over a
five year period and whether young ...
On Neuroimmunology and Brain Function: Experimental and Clinical Studies
(2019-05-23)
The immune system has been implicated in the mechanisms underlying many psychiatric disorders. Immune mediators are expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) not only in response to harmful stimuli, but also in a ...
Aspects of cost-effectiveness and feasibility of implementations for care of depressed persons in primary care - internet-based treatment and care manager organisation
(2019-01-18)
Background: Depression is a major source of human suffering and a growing challenge for societies worldwide. The lion’s share of depressed persons in Sweden are diagnosed and treated in primary care. There is an urgent ...
Stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa; upplevelser och behandling inom primärvård
(2014-03-20)
Stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa är vår tids stora utmaning både i Sverige och internationellt. Personer med stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa utgör en stor patientgrupp inom primärvård, som oftast är den första och enda instansen ...
Fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure. Patient experience and consequences of fatigue in daily life
(2007-05-10)
Although fatigue is a prevalent and distressing symptom in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), it is an underestimated problem in the care of patients, and consequently, insufficiently investigated. The primary aim ...
Memories and Health Related Quality of Life - in patients with trauma cared for in the Intensive Care Unit
(2008-11-03)
Patients’ experiences of hallucinations and nightmares during an intensive care unit stay (ICU) are well-known, but it is less known how these delusional memories (DM) affect patients after discharge from hospital following ...
On the importance of inflammation for personality traits and psychiatric morbidity
(2010-12-10)
Background: Pro-inflammatory mediators have been implicated in processes that could be both beneficial and toxic to cells in the brain. On the one hand balanced levels of these mediators favour e.g. neurodevelopmental ...