Essays about: "ptsd"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 47 essays containing the word ptsd.

  1. 16. Refugees’ physical and mental health, after arriving in Sweden: An unfolding process : A Qualitative case study on the dilemmas with refugee facilities

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Helen Fawaz; [2021]
    Keywords : Refugee facilities; 2015-2016; Physical and Mental health; Sweden; Socioeconomic Integration; Limbo; Refugee crisis; Integration; SFI;

    Abstract : This case study touches on the development of refugees’ mental and physical health from their stays in the refugee facilities during and after the limbo process for a temporary and permanent visa, which in turn affected their socioeconomic integration. Seven refugees and their families that came to Sweden during the refugee crisis in 2015-2016 and were moved to a facility where I worked, were interviewed on how those issues impacted them. READ MORE

  3. 17. Workplace Violence in the Healthcare Sector. A review of the Literature

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Mosunmola Adedokun; [2020]
    Keywords : healthcare sector; prevalence; victim; workplace violence;

    Abstract : Background: Healthcare workers are most at risk and most vulnerable toworkplace violence (WPV) when compared to other professions. Despite highrates of exposure to violence, it is highly underreported.Aim: To identify the prevalence rate of WPV and the existing demographicrelationship to WPV in the healthcare sector. READ MORE

  4. 18. Psychometric properties of the Children’sRevised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES-8) used for PTSD screening in studies with unaccompanied refugee minors

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap

    Author : Tove Hasselblad; [2020]
    Keywords : psychometric properties; temporal stability; construct validity; PTSD symptoms; unaccompanied refugee minors;

    Abstract : Background: Unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) report increased levels of mental health problems, specifically symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are very common. They have often experienced multiple trauma events and additional stressors related to migration, acculturation and family separation. READ MORE

  5. 19. Relationship between exposure to traumatic stress and mental illness : A study on flood victims in Nepal

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Emelie Zakariasson; [2020]
    Keywords : Traumatic stress; PTSD; depression; anxiety; coping self-efficacy; neurobiology;

    Abstract : Traumatic experiences, such as natural disasters, do not only cause people to suffer from material and financial losses, but they can lead to a maladaptive regulation of the stress response and to the onset of stress-induced psychopathology. Traumatic stress has been shown to alter brain structures and functions involved in the stress response. READ MORE

  6. 20. It must be a bad child

    University essay from Konstfack/Keramik & Glas

    Author : Simone Kuhs; [2020]
    Keywords : Trauma; Sexual abuse; PTSD; Childhood; Personal; Girl Woman; Taking space; Psychological room; Psychological patterns; Installation; Ceramic sculpture; Sexuella övergrepp; trauma; PTSD; barndom; personlig; flickig; ta plats; psykologiska mönster;

    Abstract : It must be a bad child I build rooms, installations, where I combine objects into scenes.  This scene is an attempt to portray feelings and mental states surrounding sexual abuse. I'm building a girls' room, but it's more of a psychological place than a real room. READ MORE