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Morgan, Vera Anne. "Intellectual disability co-occurring with schizophrenia and other psychiatric illness : epidemiology, risk factors and outcome." University of Western Australia. School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0209.

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(Truncated abstract) The aims of this thesis are: (i) To estimate the prevalence of psychiatric illness among persons with intellectual disability and, conversely, the prevalence of intellectual disability among persons with a psychiatric illness; (ii) To describe the disability and service utilisation profile of persons with conjoint disorder; (iii) To examine, in particular, intellectual disability co-occurring with schizophrenia; and (iv) To explore the role of hereditary and environmental (specifically obstetric) risk factors in the aetiology of (i) intellectual disability and (ii) intelle

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Nowak, Lisa Rebecca. "Philosophical perspectives on the stigma of mental illness." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13193.

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This thesis is concerned with philosophical perspectives on the stigma of mental illness, with each chapter exploring different philosophical issues. Chapter one delineates the central concept around which the rest of the work revolves: the stigma of mental illness. It provides an outline of the stigma mechanism, how it applies to mental illness, why it is such a large public health concern and what has been done so far to combat it. Chapter two is concerned with the application of recent literature in the philosophy of implicit bias to the topic of mental illness. It suggests that we have hit

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Yee, Mean-Fong. "Dental Implications For The Patient With Mental Illness." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4960.

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Cheung, Po-tin Erik, and 張步田. "Cultural influences on attitudes towards mental illness in Asia." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B26813749.

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Lim, Jeong-Eun. "Regulatory genetic variants in mental illness focus on serotonin-related genes /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1196198735.

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Williams, William Paul. "Aspects of a psychiatric therapeutic milieu." Thesis, University of East London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361850.

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Long, Vicky. "Changing public representations of mental illness in Britain, 1870-1970." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2004. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1217/.

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This thesis uses Habermas' arguments concerning the public sphere and Nancy Fraser's concept of counter-public spheres as a framework to explore how changes in the representation of mental illness occurred between 1870 and 1970. Within this period, the nineteenth-century polarisation of sanity and madness that had led to the segregation of the mentally ill within the asylum gave way to the belief that mental health and illness formed a continuum. Psychiatry extended beyond the walls of the asylum into the community, expanding its scope to incorporate the nominally healthy. These developments,

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Fincher, Cynthia Ellen. "Mental Status, Intellectual, and Mood States Associated with Environmental Illness Patients." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500843/.

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The purpose of the present study was to begin development of a psychological profile for environmentally ill patients. Existing psychiatric labels are unable to encompass these patients. Test scores were drawn from a pool of 89 patients whose environmental exposures were verified by the presence of toxins in the blood serum. A Mental Status Exam, a Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised screen, and the Profile of Mood States were administered. Results indicate a primary pattern which is significantly different from test norms consisting of fatigue, reduced mental functioning, and a lack of

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Jenkinson, Crispin. "Social and psychological factors affecting the impact of painful chronic illness upon mental health." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2c6e33c7-4931-435c-bd60-d3958866087a.

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This thesis is a report of a study on patients suffering one of two painful chronic illnesses (rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or migraine), and attempts to discover possible determinants of psychological reactions to long term painful illness. One hundred and sixty chronically ill individuals were interviewed, (80 migraine and 80 RA sufferers). In keeping with other evidence, the extent of psychological disturbance was found to be higher for chronically ill individuals than for general population samples. There were no zero order correlations between reported pain and psychological distress. Age an

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Sun, Qi. "Assessing Social Determinants of Severe Mental Illness in High-Risk Groups." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500085/.

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The primary objective of this research was to explore the impact of possible social factors on non-institutionalized adults 18 years of age or older residing in the United States who exhibited severe mental illness (SMI). A holistic sociological model was developed to explain SMI by incorporating elements of social learning theory, social disorganization theory, and gender socialization theory with social demographic factors. Based on the holistic sociological model, the following factors were investigated: demographic aspects of age, education, income and gender; gender socialization; influen

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Degenhardt, Louisa Psychology Faculty of Science UNSW. "Comorbidity between substance use and mental health in Australia: Relationships of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use with other substance use and mental disorders." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Psychology, 2001. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18247.

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Research into the comorbidity (or co-occurrence) of mental disorders is a relatively recent phenomenon. Much of this research has been conducted in clinical samples, which are prone to a range of biases that mean that the patterns observed are not representative of the general population. Although population-level research has previously been carried out, this thesis provides the first examination of comorbidity in the Australian population. This thesis examined the comorbidity of substance use and mental disorders among Australian adults. The major empirical work involved an examination of t

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Breen, Alison. "Experience of mental illness in the context of poverty and service reform." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/981.

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Samuriwo, Kuwandandishe Priscilla. "An exploration of methods used by Shona speaking traditional health practitioners in the prevention of mental illness." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2054.

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Thesis (M. A. (Clinical Psychology)) --University of Limpopo, 2018<br>Studies by the World Health Organisation have shown that mental illness is an international health concern across the globe, with one in four people (25%) suffering from mental disorders in both developed and developing countries. In many African countries traditional health practitioners are the health care providers of choice for individuals, families and communities. The aim of this study was to explore methods used by Shona speaking traditional health practitioners in the prevention of mental illness in Bulawayo, Zimbabw

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Welch, Mark, University of Western Sydney, and Faculty of Nursing and Health Studies. "Reel madness : the representation of madness in popular western film." THESIS_FNHS_XXX_Welch_M.xml, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/705.

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This thesis considers the representation of madness in popular film, in the main from the Western canon and English speaking, and argues that madness is seen and represented as an extreme of human experience, a form of Otherness, which throws into relief notions of ontology, sanity and personal and cultural identity. It progresses from a consideration of the historical representations of madness and sanity in art and literature to a review of the pertinent literature on cinema and representation, and uses seminal examples from throughout cinematic history mostly from English language films, fr

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Zhang, Ying. "Exploring functional genetic variants in genes involved in mental disorders." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1186433668.

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Brans, Suzanne. "Applying the social cognitive and sociological models of stigma to student attitudes towards major depression and bipolar disorder." University of Western Australia. School of Psychology, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0041.

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The aims of the current research program were to examine the social-cognitive and sociological models of stigma in relation to student attitudes towards an individual experiencing a mood disorder. Two experiments (Studies 1 and 2) sought to empirically distinguish between controllability and responsibility, both constructs of the attribution model which is subsidiary to the social-cognitive model of stigma. Despite manipulating controllability, participants were reluctant to attribute controllability of cause to individuals experiencing depression or bipolar disorder. The stability of beliefs

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Smit, B. L. "Knowledge and perceptions of University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus) undergraduate students towards mental illness." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2338.

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Thesis (M. A. (Clinical Psychology)) --University of Limpopo, 2018<br>Current understandings of mental illness are deeply rooted in a predominantly westernised paradigms of mental health. Constructs such as mental illness have been found to be socially constructed and rooted in historical contexts and informed by cultural and societal influences. Most of the existing research conducted on the knowledge and perceptions of tertiary-educated individuals towards mental illness have been quantitative in nature. The aim of this study was to qualitatively explore the knowledge and perceptions of unde

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Moulding, Nicole. "Disciplining the feminine: the reproduction of gender contradictions in mental health care /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phm9263.pdf.

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Sharples, Rosemary. "Negotiating 'normal' : space, illness and identity in an alternative mental health resource in Montreal." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=19743.

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This thesis investigates different spaces in the lives of a group of adults living with long-term mental illness in Montreal. In particular, it is interested in exploring the role and functions of an alternative mental health resource that they all attend, using their narratives as the basis of meaning construction. My intention is to illuminate the complex interplay of identity, social participation, and physical place itself in the 'space' of experience for individuals. The way that a description of one of these elements is often in relationship with the other two, and that these connections

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Ligthelm, Elizabeth. "Parental mental health and perceived parenting of children with disruptive behaviour disorders." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013.

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Disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs) in children are among the most common referrals to mental health services and can lead to adverse psychosocial outcomes. There is consistent evidence that dysfunctional parenting, which has been associated with parental psychopathology, is a risk factor for the onset of these disorders. Yet, few studies have explored a wide range of parental pathology and parenting behaviours as well as perceptions of mental health and parenting of the parents of children with DBDs. This study, which took the form of a multiple case study, aimed to explore and describe the

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Lau, Ping-kei Simon, and 劉炳麒. "Attitudes toward the mentally handicapped." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31249814.

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Alvarado, Chavarría María Jimena. "Let's Try to Change It: Psychiatric Stigmatization, Consumer/Survivor Activism, and the Link and Phelan Model." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/904.

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Stigma has been described as the most significant obstacle to quality of life for individuals with major psychiatric diagnoses (Sartorious, 1998). Much of the psychological literature on stigma focuses on individual attributes and interactions at the micro level, rather than macro level dynamics. In critiquing this traditional focus, Link and Phelan (2001) present a model in which stigma ensues when labeling, stereotyping, separation, status loss, and discrimination co-occur in a situation of power imbalance. Even as the model fills a gap in conceptualizing stigma, its emphasis on power is uni

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Temmingh, Hendrik. "Epidemiology, diagnosis and aspects of treatment in persons with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30422.

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Background: Co-occurring substance use disorders (SUDs) occur in as many as half to three quarters of patients with severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, a phenomenon also described as dual diagnosis. Past research from high income countries have shown that the presence of co-occurring SUDs are associated with a number of demographic and clinical factors, including worse clinical outcomes. Although the clinical profile and negative impact on prognosis has been well characterised in research on dual diagnosis samples from high income countries, little is known in t

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Chu, Siu-man, and 朱小敏. "The role of religion in coping with mental disorder." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43895256.

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Makgato, Lephai Irene. "Perceptions of learners in selected rural secondary schools towards mental illness : the case of Ga-Dikgale Community, Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/3362.

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Thesis(M.A.( Psychology)) -- University of Limpopo, 2020<br>The growing number of young people in schools presenting with mental illness is increasingly becoming a disconcerting issue locally and globally. This qualitative study sought to explore the perceptions of mental illness by learners drawn from four secondary schools in Ga-Dikgale rural community (Limpopo Province). Twenty-seven learners (males = 14; females = 13) were selected through purposive sampling and requested to participate in the study. Semi-structured individual interviews and focus group discussions (n = 2) were

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丁錫全 and Sik-chuen Dick Ting. "Relationship of psychotic symptoms to sex offending: a retrospective study of sex offenders with mentaldisorders." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39558162.

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Murray, Aoife Maureen. "Investigating the role of ZDHHC9 in intellectual disability." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648223.

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Terry, Rachel Elizabeth. "The Influence of Sense of Community on the Relationship Between Community Participation and Recovery for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3679.

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The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 launched the deinstitutionalization movement, whereby individuals with serious mental illnesses were released from psychiatric hospitals and began living and receiving mental health care in the community (Carling, 1995). However, these actions have not necessarily integrated those individuals into all aspects of community life (Dewees, Pulice, & McCormick, 1996). This is unfortunate because people with serious mental illnesses frequently report that community integration is not only important to them, but that it also aids in reducing symptoms and promot

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Hu, Chiyi, and 胡赤怡. "The impact of migration and mental disorders on suicidal behaviors: an epidemiological survey among generalpopulation in Shenzhen, China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41757841.

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Lütticke, Ashley L. [Verfasser], and Thomas [Akademischer Betreuer] Schulze. "Understanding the involvement of environmental exposures, genetic risk, and epigenetic mechanisms in the course of severe mental illness / Ashley L. Lütticke ; Betreuer: Thomas Schulze." München : Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1216417806/34.

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Smith, Lesley-Ann. "'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' : exploring the everyday spaces of older, mental health service users." Thesis, University of Northampton, 2012. http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/5423/.

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The area of mental health distress is one that crosses many disciplines including; psychiatry, critical psychiatry, psychology, critical psychology, history, politics, economics, philosophy, sociology, culture and human geographies (Thrift, 2006). Consequently, there are a complex set of issues to consider when discussing the experiences of being a mental health service user. Notwithstanding this diversity, such representations of mental health have a tendency to position service users as a fairly homogenous and static group of bodies – in other words, they are the stable ‘other’ (Conradson, 2

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Walburn, Kathryn H. "Males' and Females' Attitudes Toward a Prospective Social Group Member with a History of Mental Illness." UNF Digital Commons, 1986. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/656.

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Attitudes of male and female subjects toward a prospective social group member who did/did not have a history of mental illness were investigated. The cognitive, behavioral and affective components of subjects' attitudes were measured. Results from the cognitive measure indicated that: 1) Subjects in the experimental condition perceived the confederate less positively on personal characteristics indicative of moral character. 2) Male subjects perceived the confederate as more dependable when she had a history of mental illness, while female subjects perceived her as less dependable when she di

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Mungadze, Jerry Jesphat. "A Descriptive Study of a Native African Mental Health Problem Known in Zimbabwe as zvirwere zvechivanhu." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332278/.

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This is a study conducted in Zimbabwe which compared a group of 50 zvirvere zvechivanhu patients and a group of 50 non-patients in age, sex, marital status, level of education and claims of spirit possession. Claims of spirit possessions and types of spirits, as pointed out by Bennel (1982), were used as symptoms of zvirwere zvechivanhu. The two groups were also compared in symptom dimensions of the SCL-90-R used in the study. The SCL-90-R, developed by Derogatis (1975), is a 90-item symptom check list used to screen people for psychological problems reflected in the nine symptom dimensions of

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Welch, Mark. "Reel madness : the representation of madness in popular western film." Thesis, View thesis, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/705.

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This thesis considers the representation of madness in popular film, in the main from the Western canon and English speaking, and argues that madness is seen and represented as an extreme of human experience, a form of Otherness, which throws into relief notions of ontology, sanity and personal and cultural identity. It progresses from a consideration of the historical representations of madness and sanity in art and literature to a review of the pertinent literature on cinema and representation, and uses seminal examples from throughout cinematic history mostly from English language films, fr

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Mitjans, Niubó Marina. "Genetic Risk Factors for the Lack of Response to Clinical Treatment in Mental Disorders: an Approach from Pharmacogenetics." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/289981.

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Severe mental disorders, such as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Bipolar Disorder (BD) and Schizophrenia (SCZ), represent a huge burden to society, reflecting the limited efficacy of current drug treatments. Although the progress in development of pharmacological treatments is one of the great successes of modern psychiatry, it should not be forgotten that a very high percentage of patients do not receive and/or seek the proper treatment for their disease. Individual differences in clinical response to psychotropic drugs have long been recognized as a fundamental problem in the treatment of t

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Wright, Galen Egan Buckley. "Molecular genetic analysis of two genes, CYP2D6 and COMT, in the schizophrenia-susceptibility locus on chromosome 22q in the Xhosa population." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20366.

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Redko, Cristina Pozzi. "Fighting against the "evil" : religious and cultural construction of the first psychotic experience of youth living in Sao Paulo, Brazil." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=37817.

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The outbreak of the first psychotic episode disarrays the person's everyday experience and of significant others. This work takes the notion of experience as the key mediating variable to understand how the cultural and social frame affects the experience of psychosis. Culture contributes to the articulation of the experience of psychosis through its influence on individual, family, and community reactions. I focused on the first psychotic experience of low-income youth living in Sao Paulo, Brazil because one can see more clearly the role played by the cultural and social dimensions, since the

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Hartley, Mary. "Depressed mood in pregnancy : prevalence and social factors in Cape Town peri-urban settlements." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5324.

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Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of antenatal distress in Cape Town periurban settlements, and the social factors associated with it in this population. Participants were 756 pregnant women from Khayelitsha and Mfuleni, Cape Town. Each women was interviewed in her home language using a structured questionnaire which included the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), measures for social support and alcohol use, and questions concerning socio-demographics, intimate partner violen

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Herbst, Elsa. "The illness experience of HIV-infected low-income Coloured mothers in the Winelands region : theoretical and practical implications." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/548.

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Niehaus, Daniel Jan Hendrik. "Limiting clinical heterogeneity in schizophrenia : can affected Xhosa sib pairs provide valid subtypes?" Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1435.

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Thesis (DMed (Psychiatry))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.<br>BACKGROUND Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder, which has been shown to have both environmental and genetic risk factors. Since family history (genetic loading) of psychosis appears to be one of the strongest risk factors for the development of schizophrenia, the investigation of affected sib pairs can be used to explore shared familial factors. The Xhosa-speaking inhabitants in the Western, Eastern and Southern Cape provinces, an African population of relatively homogeneous ethnicity, provided a sample of the first large

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Farquharson, Kirsten Leigh. "Audience observations of art, identity and schizophrenia : possibilities for identity movement." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012992.

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This research situates itself in the study of stigma in mental illness. In particular, the aim is to explore the potential that art making and exhibiting has in reducing stigma for those with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The research explores one aspect (the exhibition stage) of an "art as therapy" project. The exhibiting of one’s artwork aims to counter limiting "patient" identities by allowing those labelled as psychiatric patients to extend their self-identity to an alternative identity of the "artist". However, this idea only stands strong if the artwork created is not discriminated again

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Storkey, Karen. "The prevalence of depressive symptoms in the prepartum and postpartum period : a study of low-income women in the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2268.

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Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>This study aimed to determine whether low-income women residing in a rural community in South Africa experienced any significant difference in the prevalence rates of depressive symptoms postpartum as compared to depressive symptoms prepartum. Thirty women between the ages of 16 and 38 were recruited during pregnancy from the local community clinic in Kylemore, South Africa. The women where assessed for elevated levels of depressive symptomatology using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) during pregnancy and again at three and si

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Rochat, Tamsen Jean. "Depression among pregnant women testing for HIV in rural South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6843.

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Thesis (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pregnancy is a vulnerable time in settings such as sub-Saharan Africa, and is associated with exposure to a multitude of physiological, social and psychological risks. High HIV prevalence, and the fact that many women will test for HIV for the first time during their pregnancy, has raised concern about women‘s psychological health during pregnancy. Depression during the antenatal period is of public health concern as it has been shown to be associated with poorer foetal and delivery outcomes, risky behaviours, and po

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Suthers, Graeme Kemble. "The human gene map near the fragile X /." Title page, table of contents and summary only, 1990. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs966.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide, 1991.<br>Typescript (Photocopy). Includes published papers co-authored by the author at the end of volume 2. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-237 of vol. 1).

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Theander, Freja, and Sofia Selenius. "Appar vid vård av psykisk ohälsa : En kvalitativ studie om psykiatripatienters attityder och behov." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-355083.

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Den psykiska ohälsan ökar internationellt och även i Sverige, samtidigt rapporteras den psykiatriska vården vara bristfällig på grund av sin låga tillgänglighet. Ett sätt att öka tillgängligheten av vården kan vara genom en smartphone-applikation. Men oavsett hur effektiv en app är, så tillför den ingenting om den inte används. Syftet med denna studie är därmed att utreda attityder till denna typ av digitalisering samt undersöka vilka appfunktioner som skulle möta psykiatripatienters behov. Studien baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med personer som fått vård vid psykiatrin vid Akademiska sjukh

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Koen, Liezl. "Chromosomal aberrations in the Xhosa schizophrenia population." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1189.

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Thesis (PhD (Psychiatry))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous illness resulting from complex gene-environment interplay. The majority of molecular genetic work done has involved Caucasian populations, with studies in these and Asian populations showing 2-32% of sufferers to have chromosomal aberrations. So far the discovery of a specific susceptibility mechanism or gene still eludes us, but the use of endophenotypes is advocated as a useful tool in this search. No cytogenetic studies of this nature have been reported in any African schizophrenia popu

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Rodrigues, Natalia Fintelman. "Caracterização de alterações epigenéticas no gene JARID1C e desequilíbrios genéticos como causas do retardo mental ligado ao x de etiologia idiopática." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2011. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=2963.

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Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro<br>O retardo mental (RM) é caracterizado por um funcionamento intelectual significantemente abaixo da média (QI<70). A prevalência de RM varia entre estudos epidemiológicos, sendo estimada em 2-3% da população mundial, constituindo assim, um dos mais importantes problemas de saúde pública. Há um consenso geral de que o RM é mais comum no sexo masculino, um achado atribuído às numerosas mutações nos genes encontrados no cromossomo X, levando ao retardo mental ligado ao X (RMLX). Dentre os genes presentes no cromossomo

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Obiols, Guardia Aida. "El transcriptoma no codificante en Síndrome de Rett: nuevas funciones para las regiones transcritas ultraconservadas y circRNAs." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671629.

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Diversos estudios transcripcionales actuales ponen de manifiesto la importancia funcional de la porción no codificante de nuestro genoma, observándose un papel crucial en todos los niveles de la regulación génica. Uno de los tipos de ARNs no codificantes en cuyo estudio nuestro grupo se encuentra focalizado son las llamadas regiones transcritas ultraconservadas (transcribed ultraconserved regions; T- UCRs), trancritos considerados como ARNs no codificantes largos y cuyas secuencias comparten un 100% de homología en humano, ratón y rata. Dichas especies muestran un patrón de expresión específic

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Nkuna, Thembi. "Experiences of family members of persons living with mental illness in Capricorn District, Limpopo Province; South Africa." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/3127.

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Thesis (MPH.) -- University of Limpopo, 2019<br>Background- care of the mentally ill by family members is done with little or no supervision by skilled health workers. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to investigate the experiences of family members of patients living with mental illness in the Capricorn District of Limpopo Province in South Africa. Objective- to explore and describe the experiences of family members caring for patients living with mental illness. Methods- A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory design was used. Non-probability sampling of the purposive

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Kalal, Beth Ann Burdick. "Clinical, social, and demographic predictors of the one-year outcome of first-incidence psychosis in Hawaii." Thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10208.

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