Thesis--Columbia University. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-165).

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)