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Adjudication committee
- First opponent: Professor Laurence J. Kirmayer, McGill University, Canada
- Second opponent: Associate Professor Sofie Bäärnhielm, Transkulturellt Centrum, Sweden
- Third member and chair of the evaluation committee: Professor Nils Eiel Steen, University of Oslo
Chair of the Defence
Associate Professor Emeritus Pål Zeiner, University of Oslo
Principal Supervisor
Professor Suraj Bahadur Thapa, University of Oslo
Summary
Trauma and trauma-related disorders are common globally and in Nepal. Few studies from Nepal reported high prevalence of mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder etc. following traumatic incidents such as earthquake, floods and other manmade traumas such as physical and sexual assaults.
Quality of life is generally affected in those who have a history of trauma. The aims of the thesis were to assess various domains of life quality in those who faced trauma and had diagnoses of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in psychiatry outpatients of a tertiary hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.
We also attempted to examine the relation between resilience and these mental health conditions as well as investigate the relation of various forms of childhood traumas such as emotional and physical abuse and neglect to various dimensions of quality of life.
Quality of life was variably affected in individuals diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Anxiety affected most domains of life quality, followed by depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. The environmental domain was the only domain not affected by psychiatric diagnosis symptoms. Resilience scores were negatively correlated with depressive, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and childhood trauma in the form of emotional neglect was associated with quality of life.
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