The mental health of finnish university students: A psychiatric study of freshmen

Alanen, Yrjö O.; Holmström, Reijo; HÄgglund, Vilja; Karlsson, Klaus W.; Tienari, Pekka; Vauhkonen, Kauko; Savonen, Kari; Hirvas, Juhani; Marin, Marjatta

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“…They are so-called 'ordinary' people, who do not suffer to any considerable extent from their symptoms and do not need treatment. As shown in previous publications ( 1 I , 12,21), such persons form a majority of the sample, as has been the case in studies also of other population groups.…”

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Assessment of mental health and illness, considered in the light of a 13‐year longitudinal study

Holmström¹,

Jussila²,

Vauhkonen³

1987

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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The present study forms part of a longitudinal study of mental health and covers a period of 13 years. Two fundamental findings were obtained in the present work. The first of these was in brief that the development of mental disorders and occurrence of symptoms increase with age. The other finding was that men and women differ in many ways from each other in terms of the nature of mental health. We might say that healthy as well as perhaps more disturbed narcissism takes different forms in women and men. Women are more faithful to tradition, men's interest is more directed toward social concerns and object relationships. Women are more practiced in self‐observation, while men resort to action and somatization. Women's symptoms are dominated by fear and worry, while men, following tradition have to mask their fears.

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confidence: 68%

Assessment of mental health and illness, considered in the light of a 13‐year longitudinal study

Holmström¹,

Jussila²,

Vauhkonen³

1987

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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Hypnotically induced multiple personality: An experimental study

Kampman

1976

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

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Coping with Institutional Life at the Old People’s Therapeutic Community

Isohanni

1990

Psychiatry

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A research project at a Finnish old people's home was carried out in 1983-1989, its aim being to explore whether therapeutic community principles can be applied to the institutional care of the elderly. Some aged seemed to adapt better to the community than others. In 1987 the group "excellent coping in institution" (N = 14) was formulated for this study, on the basis of favorable outcome, good adaptation to aging, nonproblematic behavior and a high subjective satisfaction with life. Using logistic regression analysis, the properties of this group were compared with the group "problem coping in institution" (N = 32). The following variables discriminated the excellent coping group best: therapeutic community activity, current mental health, and a socio-economically deprived childhood. This result suggested that active and mentally strong elderly coped better with the "homelike" therapeutic community method executed between 1983-87, which focused only on a pleasant atmosphere in which the old people could live together. Therefore the treatment policy has been partially reorganized since 1987, so as to include special attention for passive and mentally fragile residents. The modified therapeutic community that was developed seems to help coping in geriatric institutions if its working methods permit 1) active participation, 2) passive rest and reminiscence, and 3) support, holding, and even psychiatric intervention.

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The mental health of finnish university students: A psychiatric study of freshmen

Cited by 18 publications

References 7 publications

Assessment of mental health and illness, considered in the light of a 13‐year longitudinal study

Assessment of mental health and illness, considered in the light of a 13‐year longitudinal study

Hypnotically induced multiple personality: An experimental study

Coping with Institutional Life at the Old People’s Therapeutic Community

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