Essays about: "mental illness disorder"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words mental illness disorder.

  1. 1. Comparison of psychedelic therapies versus placebo in the treatment of psychiatric illnesses: a systematic review of randomized trials including placebo controls

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Aleksandra Barbara Barstowe; [2023]
    Keywords : psychedelic-assisted therapy; placebo; psychiatric illness; psykedelisk-assisterad terapi; psykiatrisk sjukdom; Social Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Psychedelics have long been recognized for their powerful effects on the human psyche and psychedelic-assisted therapy is becoming increasingly acknowledged as an effective therapeutic intervention. Placebos are used in clinical research to validate the efficacy of a therapy or treatment. READ MORE

  3. 2. SELF-INDUCED TEMPORARY INSANITY AND DRUG ABUSE : COURT PRACTICE AND THE CURRENT SOCIOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Jeanette Rosenblom Petersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Addiction; Courts of Appeals; Self-induced temporary insanity. Severe Mental Disorder; Sociology of Punishment; Missbruk; Hovrätten; Självförvållad tillfällig sinnesförvirring; Allvarlig psykisk störning; Straffets sociologi;

    Abstract : Background: The Swedish penal code has viewed self-induced temporary insanity, caused by intoxication, depending on which Sociology of Punishment is currently active. Starting from a lenient view of drug-induced insanity in the Middle Ages towards a harsher penal climate today. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ridlärarens/tränarens bemötande av ungdomar med ätstörning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Annie Strand; Ella Åberg; Emma Forslöw Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Ätstörningar; ungdomsryttare; ridlärare; tränare; hästunderstödd terapi;

    Abstract : Att upptäcka en elev med ätstörning är svårt då det inte alltid syns på utsidan. Ätstörning handlar snarare om en orättvis självbild, negativa tankar och känslor om sig själv. Elever med ätstörningar är därför en utmaning för ridlärare och tränare då kunskapen ofta brister. READ MORE

  5. 4. Herbarium Gothic : A Trauma Theory Approach to the Pulp of V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Evangelina Nicole Dimovska; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis examines the literary representation and construction of mental illness in characters resulting from childhood trauma in the gothic pulp novel Flowers in the Attic (1979) by Cleo Virginia Andrews (1923-1986). Through a close reading of the novel, the analysis will emphasise the narration, interpersonal relationships, and constructed psyche primarily of the main character Cathy Dollanganger. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Making of "White Spaces" : The construction, disruption, and maintenance of stability in bipolar realities in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Larsen; [2023]
    Keywords : Medical anthropology; mental illness; bipolar disorder; treatment; mental health; anthropology of becoming; knowledge production; knowledge sharing; agency; power; knowledge-power; social anthropology; cultural anthropology;

    Abstract : Bipolar disorder is a condition rarely approached in anthropological research, and even less so through the eyes of people living with the disorder. Therefore, to focus on understanding the experience of the state in-between episodes, here referred to as a “white space”, is rare and in need of further examination. READ MORE