Essays about: "mental disabilities"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words mental disabilities.
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16. School-based Interventions or Prevention Programs regarding Alcohol, Smoking and Drug Use among Adolescents with Disabilities or Physical Impairments : A Systematic Literature Review
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : Introduction Substance use in adolescents with disabilities is rising, containing the prevalence of substance-related disorders (SRD) such as addiction, mental or health disorders, cancer, accidents and mortality. Yet little is known about the existing substance use prevention programs among adolescents with dosabilities or physical impairments. READ MORE
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17. Implementing the Right to Access to Justice for Persons with PTSD in Swedish Asylum Proceedings
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : By combining a legal doctrinal study and an empirical interview study, this thesis examines the implementation of the right to access to justice under article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for persons who due to post-traumatic stress syndrome have difficulties accounting for their stories in asylum proceedings. The starting point is that persons with PTSD likely will have more difficulties than others in presenting stories that will be viewed as credible, and that this could be mitigated through full implementation of article 13 of the CRPD. READ MORE
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18. Healthy Enough to Enter? : Exploring the nexus of the body and the border through South African visa medical requirements
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudierAbstract : Visitors to South Africa wishing to stay in the country for longer than three months are required to submit a medical report which makes room for a host of physical and mental “defects”, including leprosy, venereal disease, trachoma, disabilities and mental health disorders ranging from addictions to epilepsy. The form appears to be an object that points to a multiplicity of interpretations as well as inconsistencies. READ MORE
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19. Kognitiva funktionsvariationer i kollektivtrafiken
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Denna kvalitativa studie kartlägger svårigheter som kan uppstå i samband med resor i kollektivtrafik hos individer med kognitiva funktionsvariationer och konsekvenser av det. Den ger också förslag på hur dessa svårigheter kan överbryggas med alternativa insatser i kollektivtrafiksystem. READ MORE
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20. Gröna utemiljöers betydelse inom psykiatrivården : erfarenheter från projektet Östra Sjukhusets heldygnsvård
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka gröna utemiljöers betydelse i anslutning till psykiatrivården och hur de kan påverka psykisk ohälsa som behandlas och diagnostiseras inom den typen av vård. Uppsatsen är en litteraturstudie som är kompletterad med erfarenheter från White Arkitekters projekt med Östra sjukhusets heldygnsvård. READ MORE