Amy Levál

• Melatonin use and the risk of self‐harm and unintentional injuries in youths with and without psychiatric disorders

  Open Access•Marica Leone, Ralf Kuja‐Halkola et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Child Psychology and…•2023

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  BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders in youth have been associated with increased risks of injury, including suicidal behavior. This study investigated whether melatonin, which is the most common medication for sleep disturbances in youth in Sweden, is associated with a decreased risk of injury. METHODS: This population-based cohort study included 25,575 youths who initiated melatonin treatment between ages 6 and 18. Poisson regression was used to estimat…

• The Encounters That Rupture the Myth

  Amy Levál, Catarina Widmark et al.•ARTICLE•Health Care For Women International•2004

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  The purpose of the study was to analyze how Swedish midwives (n = 26) discuss sexuality in circumcised African women patients. In focus groups and interviews, discussions concentrated on care provided to circumcised women, training received for this care, and midwives' perceptions of female circumcision. An analytic expansion was performed for discussions pertaining to sexuality and gender roles. Results from the analysis show the following: (1) …

• The Encounters That Rupture the Myth

  Amy Levál, Catarina Widmark et al.•ARTICLE•Health Care For Women International•2004

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  The purpose of the study was to analyze how Swedish midwives (n = 26) discuss sexuality in circumcised African women patients. In focus groups and interviews, discussions concentrated on care provided to circumcised women, training received for this care, and midwives' perceptions of female circumcision. An analytic expansion was performed for discussions pertaining to sexuality and gender roles. Results from the analysis show the following: (1) …

• Melatonin use and the risk of self‐harm and unintentional injuries in youths with and without psychiatric disorders

  Open Access•Marica Leone, Ralf Kuja‐Halkola et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Child Psychology and…•2023

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  BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders in youth have been associated with increased risks of injury, including suicidal behavior. This study investigated whether melatonin, which is the most common medication for sleep disturbances in youth in Sweden, is associated with a decreased risk of injury. METHODS: This population-based cohort study included 25,575 youths who initiated melatonin treatment between ages 6 and 18. Poisson regression was used to estimat…

Medicine (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras) · Anxiety (1 obra) · Circadian rhythm and melatonin (1 obra) · Cohort (1 obra) · Confidence interval (1 obra) · Depression (economics) (1 obra) · Ethnocentrism (1 obra) · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (1 obra) · Focus group (1 obra)