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Psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30) among older people living at home
2012
Bjørg Dale, Ulrika Söderhamn, Olle SöderhamnCentre for Caring Research – Southern Norway, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Grimstad, NorwayIntroduction: The incidence and prevalence of mental problems among older people are difficult to map because the causes are often complex and the symptoms manifest in a range of ways. Therefore, there is a need for robust and useful instruments for screening mental problems in this group. One instrument used in Norway and around the world is the 30-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30). Nevertheless, studies testing reliability and validity of the Norwegian version are …
"Glemmer at de ikke er eget kjøtt og blod" : en kasusstudie om tilknytningsrelatert tilrettelegging ogveiledning når små barn flytter i fosterhjem /
2010
Masteroppgave i psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder 2010 The purpose of this study was to find out if the child welfare system can get help in a practical method to guide fosterparents in a way that care could promote, and lead to secure attachment of children placed in foster care. The background for this study is based on the theory of attachment from Bowlby. The problem area was confined to the use of “Parent Attachment Diary” and its function as a tool to guide foster parents when they accept infants between the ages of 10 and 28 months.The study is carried out as a single case study based on a foster family without biological offspring, and their foster children, one of whom is …
Ungdom og "åpne samtaler i nettverk" : ungdom som har det vanskelig og nettverk som prøver å være til hjelp
2010
Masteroppgave i psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder 2010 This study is based on the project "Prosjekt Felles utvikling," in Vest-Agder. This project was meant to improve the expertise of professionals in the health services and the schools in the youths’ communities, and thus contribute to the improvement of mental health. Support for young people with difficulties in various areas would be given by means of network meetings where one pursued dialogue through "open conversations." The purpose of this study was to collect experiences from youths who had received this method in Flekkefjord, and thereby evaluate and contribute to adjustments of the method. The study is based on qualitat…
Samtaler gir samhold- der tanker og følelser settes i sving : en kvalitativ studie av et psykisk helsefremmende tiltak i videregående skole
2010
Masteroppgave i psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder 2010 This study is a qualitative study of a mental health promotion intervention in a secondary school in Vest Agder, Norway. In this intervention clinicians from Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health at Sørlandet sykehus visits ordinary school classes and facilitates an open dialogue on various topics of life. The aim of this study is to evaluate and describe this intervention through an exploring of the students experience and understanding of it. The data of the study has consisted of 59 texts written by students who participated. The data was analyzed through a phenomenological hermeneutical method with the purpose of…
"..Litt mer frem med brystkassa for helsesøstre og den jobben de gjør" : psykisk helsearbeid i skolen: læreres beskrivelser og erfaringer omkring hel…
2010
Masteroppgave i psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder 2010 The background for this project is adolescent mental health and collaboration between school nurses and teachers. Surveys show challenges connected to this kind of work. The intention is to reveal knowledge aiming school nurses and leaders of public health service, for improving the quality of collaboration. The topic is: “How do school teachers describe and experience the school nurse’s acting and role, concerning student mental health service?” Data material is collected by semi-structured interviews of six teachers practicing in secondary classes. The conversations are digitally taped and systematic text condensation is used…
Post traumatic survival : a study of Cambodian resilience
2012
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Agder, Faculty of Humanities and Education - 2012 Among refugee survivors of war, torture and human rights abuses, the waiting lists for rehabilitation increase daily. How can war-refugees best be assisted? The experience of earlier refugee groups has remained a largely untapped resource in this work. This study sets out to discover what successful survivors of the Khmer Rouge have found instrumental for their survival and mental health. The aim is to make a contribution to the understanding of resilience, here understood as the ability to recover from misfortune or change, and to the psychosocial rehabilitation of survivors of war crimes and other traum…
Pedagogisk- psykologisk tjeneste (PPT) og barn og unges psykiske helse i grunnskolen : hvordan opplever og forholder PPT seg til barn og unges psykis…
2014
Background: This project has become as a result of my work in mental hospital for adults, where my experience is that many adults who have had traumatic experiences in early years of life have got reduced quality of life as grownups. My question has been: “who is able to identify children and young people with mental challenges in early years of life?” Objective: The aim of this study has been to get knowledge about which challenges pedagogical- psychological services (PPT) face, and how they help and which experiences the consultants have about children and young people`s mental health. This has lead to the research question: “How experience and in what way does PPT relate to children and …
Tvangsmedisinering som permanent unntakstilstand : Erfaringer fra feltarbeid
2012
Accepted version of an article in the journal: Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. Also available from Universitetsforlaget: http://www.idunn.no/ts/tph/2012/02/tvangsmedisinering_som_permanent_unntakstilstand Studien analyserer hvordan tvangsmedisinering praktiseres og oppleves av pasienter og ansatte. Den bygger på feltarbeid i en lukket akuttpsykiatrisk døgnenhet. Funnene oppsummeres i tre hovedpunkter: a) Både pasienter og ansatte opplevde avmakt overfor tvangsmedisinering, men ansatte mente at medikamenter var nødvendig selv om de måtte gis med tvang. b) Det som ble beskrevet som frivillig medisinering, kunne erfares som tvangsmedisinering. c) Pasienter beskrev plagsomme bivirkninger, m…
Er sykepleiediagnoser relevant i psykisk helsearbeid?
2009
Akseptert versjon av en artikkel som er publisert i tidsskriftet: Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid Forlagets publiserte versjon på Idunn: http://www.idunn.no/ts/tph/2009/01/er_sykepleiediagnoser_relevant_i_psykisk_helsearbeid I denne artikkelen, som baserer seg et på et åtte måneders feltarbeid i en psykiatrisk rehabiliteringsavdeling, retter jeg et kritisk søkelys på anvendelse av sykepleiediagnoser i psykisk helsearbeid. Jeg tar utgangspunkt i det amerikanske sykepleiediagnostiske klassifikasjonssystemet NANDA-NOC-NIC og vurderer relevansen av slike systemer på bakgrunn av erfaringer fra mitt feltarbeid. Jeg fant at såkalte tegn på psykisk lidelse ikke var statiske størrelser, men endre…
Transforming subjectivities in psychiatric care
2009
Accepted version of an article in the journal: Subjectivities. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: Transforming subjectivities in psychiatric care, Subjectivity, Vol. 27, 195–216 , 2009, Palgrave Macmillan is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/sub.2009.6 This paper is based upon ethnographic fieldwork in a Norwegian psychiatric unit practicing a psycho-educational treatment of young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. An aim of the programme is that patients learn to detect and monitor their 'symptoms' in order to obtain 'insight into their own illness', thus transforming themselves into self-governed and self-responsible subjects who are able to cope with life outs…