Thesis (MHSc)(TrnsculMtlHlth)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of Psychiatry (Centre for International Mental Health), 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-139)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, August, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Canterbury, 2009. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 297-329). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1984.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: R. Jay Turner, Florida State University, College of Social Sciences, Dept. of Sociology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 22, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 97 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Texas, May, 2007. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references: leaves 172-217.

Background: The community health develops in a positive direction, but with an increase in mental illness simultaneously, with young adults as particularly vulnerable. This results in socioeconomic and individual disadvantages with cognitive and physiologic consequences such as chronic- and metabolic stress, insomnia and musculoskeletal pain. Physicians oftentimes meet patients with burnout problems. Objective: Investigate physiciansphysicians’ experiences and outlook on burnout together with physiotherapy among people between 16-29 years old. Method: Qualitative, descriptive and explorative design with a convenience sample and semi-structured interviews with five physicians with patient experience of people between 16-29 years old with burnout. Results: The physicians are experiencing more patients with burnout problems. Physiotherapists works as a guide and offer techniques with positive effects. Multimodal and interprofessional undertaking brings learning and contribution to work. People affected by burnout are able to learn stress management techniques, and at the same time it’s favorably to see a physician in an early stage. Employers can also use strategies to prevent burnout problems. Conclusion: The physicians agree that physiotherapists carry an important role by treating people with burnout problems and have different skills than physicians. Through multimodal work physiotherapists works preventively, reduce suffering and offer more effective treatments. / Bakgrund: Folkhälsan utvecklas i en positiv riktning samtidigt som den psykiska ohälsan istället ökar, särskilt hos unga vuxna. Detta innebär samhällsekonomiska och individuella följder med kognitiva och fysiologiska konsekvenser i form av långvarig stress, metabola reaktioner, sömnsvårigheter och muskuloskeletala smärtproblem. Läkare är den yrkesgrupp som ofta träffar denna patientgrupp. Syfte: Att undersöka läkares erfarenheter och syn på utmattningssyndrom och fysioterapi hos personer mellan 16–29 år. Metod: Kvalitativ, deskriptiv och explorativ design med strategiskt bekvämlighetsurval och semistrukturerade intervjuer av med fem läkare med patienterfarenhet av utmattningssyndrom i åldrarna 16–29 år. Resultat: Informanterna i studien upplevde att alltfler patienter är stressade- och utmattade, och att fysioterapeuter kan fungera som vägledare och erbjuda behandlingar med positiva effekter. Genom multimodal samverkan kan fysioterapeuter och läkare utvecklas tillsammans genom interprofessionellt lärande. Personer drabbade av utmattningssyndrom kan lära sig stresshanteringsmetoder. Det är fördelaktigt att komma in med behandling i ett tidigt stadium. Arbetsgivare kan med fördel även arbeta förebyggande. Konklusion: Informanterna var överens om att fysioterapeuterna har en viktig roll vid behandling av utmattningssyndrom och besitter en annan kompetens än läkare. Genom multimodalt arbete kan fysioterapeuter bidra med att arbeta förebyggande, minska lidande och effektivisera behandlingar.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / The thesis examines mental illness as it is understood and treated by traditional healers in Kavango, based on ethnographic data collected over twelve (12) months in three (3) different phases from 2014 to 2016. The thesis offers ethnographic material and theoretical insight on the socio-cultural construction of three common mental disorders (CMD) which were identified and treated by traditional healers: Nyambi, Kasenge and Ndjangura. I employed the ‘cultural models’ of Dahlberg et al (2010, p. 282) as a framework to understand mental illness and its treatment by traditional healers - who deal with sick persons on a daily basis. The three common mentally related illnesses appear to be specific to the Kavango people, based on their cultural settings. I argue that these mental illness categories are not fixed or objective, but rather reflect the expertise of the Vanganga (Traditional healers) who identify them, and ultimately treat the afflicted. While traditional healers themselves assume that these local notions of mental illness are static, in reality they are not. Rather, these are active concepts constituted by culturally and socially relative categories whose precise boundaries and meanings vary and are highly contested. It was evident that the conceptualization (expression of belief patterns, thoughts and ideas) by the Vanganga (Traditional healers) of the three local mentally related illnesses differed, in the ways they perceived and treated similar conditions. The manner in which these perceived signs and symptoms informed their diagnoses differed, but also overlapped: in terms of basic assumptions that underlay explanations and treatment, and the ways in which the conditions became manifest. The thesis postulates that Traditional healers form part of the local health care system, historically unregulated. There have been calls for the recognition and regulation of traditional healers and their medicines, but to date such recognition and regulation has, if anything, been sporadic, insufficient and controversial. In response to this I provide a new way of classifying traditional healers in Kavango and propose the use of three categories: Kangangwena (assistant traditional healer), Nganga (general traditional healer) and Nkurunganga (expert traditional healer). The thesis discusses the cultural epistemology of traditional healing concerning the use of medicinal plants as treatment for mental illness. Plant knowledge and its application by traditional healers is explored, with the emphasis on the medicinal plants used to treat various mentally related illnesses. In addition, administration methods and the medicinal plants used in the treatment of mental illness are examined. I argue that medicinal plants are believed to possess powers that need to be "enticed or seduced" by healers, in order to produce a therapeutic effect on the muveri (sick person). I contend that medicinal plants are perceived to have an agentivity which is embedded in the community and people who utilize them. Thus, I intend to show that medicinal plants have power that work at different levels via ritual healing ceremonies and communication to the ancestors, as a way of "seducing" them to bring forth their therapeutic effect on the sick person. The plants in question were "seduced" inter alia by boiling, powdering, crushing and soaking, to increase their rate of reaction and generate more therapeutic power. A total of 37 medicinal plant species belonging to 24 families were reported to be used traditionally in Kavango regions in Namibia, to treat the five different categories of mental disorders. The most reported use of plants was of Albizia tanganyicensis, Ancylanthos rubiginosus, Bobgunnia madagascariensis, Dialium engleranum Diospyros virgata, Elaeodendron transvaalense and Guibourtia coleosperma. Roots and leaves were most frequently used in treatment. Remedies were prepared by boiling, while oral intake and steaming were most commonly used by healers to administer them. / National Research Foundation (NRF) and National Commission on Research Science and Technology (NCRST)

Orientador: Flávia Heloísa dos Santos / Banca: Maria de Lourdes Merighi Tabaquim / Banca: Sandra Leal Calais / Resumo: Os efeitos das emoções são capazes de interromper redes da Memoria Operacional (MO), isto é, da capacidade de processar e armazenar, mentalmente, informações por um período curto de tempo. Estudos demonstram que pessoas com diferentes Transtornos Mentais e Comportamentais (TMC), por exemplo, depressão, ansiedade, e transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade apresentam prejuízos em componentes da memória operacional. Isto sugere que a capacidade da MO pode servir como um "marcador" para detecção de estados emocionais da valência negativa associados a níveis subclínicos de TMC, isto é, quando os sintomas são sutis e geralmente não diagnosticados. O principal objetivo deste estudo foi identificar fatores de risco (sintomas de TMC) e de proteção (comportamentos proativos) para a MO de universitários e investigar a influência desses fatores no desempenho de componentes nas capacidades de processamento e armazenamento da MO. Para tanto, foram avaliados 70 universitários, de ambos os sexos, matriculados no primeiro ano de graduação do curso de psicologia de duas universidades diferentes, sendo uma pública e outra particular, por meio de escalas de rastreio de quatro TMC, e uma bateria de testes especializadas em medir os componentes da memória operacional. Os resultados obtidos nas escalas de rastreio de TMC, escalas comportamentais e o teste cognitivo AWMA evidenciaram alguns fatores de risco, como sintomas de TMC (ansiedade, depressão e TDHA), estados de humor (tensão e raiva), uso de substâncias psicoativas e qualidade do sono associados aos prejuízos das habilidades de armazenamento e processamento de informações da MO. Assim como, apontaram fatores de proteção (bom conceito de auto-eficácia, bons aspectos sociais, emocionais e boa saúde mental) presentes em universitários e associados ao melhor desempenho dessas habilidades / Abstract: The effects of emotions are able to interrupt networks of working memory (WM), i.e. the ability to process and store mentally information for a short period of time. Studies show that people with different mental and behavioral disorders (MBD), for example, depression, anxiety, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have impairments in components of working memory. This suggests that the ability of the MO can serve as a "market" for detecting emotional states associated with valence of subclinical of MBD, i.e., when the symptoms are subtle and do not generally diagnosed. The aim of this study was to identify risks factors (symptoms MBD) and protection factors (proactive behaviors) for the WM of students and investigate the influence of the factors on the performance of processing and storage components of WM. Therefore, it was evaluated 70 students, of both gender, enrolled in first year of undergraduate psychology course of two different universities, one public and other private, by means of four MBD screening scales, and battery of tests specialized to measure the components of WM. The results given by the MBD screening scales, behavioral scales and the cognitive test a WMA showed that some risk factors, such as symptoms of MBD (anxiety, depression and ADHD), mood states (tension and anger) substrate abuse, sleep quality associated with losses in the storage and information processing of WM ability. As well as protection factors (good concept of self-efficacy, good social and emotional aspects and good mental health status) present in university and associated with better performance of these skills / Mestre