An archival study of an adolescent day patient unit with a particular focus on risk-taking behaviour and suicidality
Bibliography: leaves 64-76. === This study was conducted with the following three objectives: 1, to construct a profile of patients admitted to William Slater Hospital day-patient program during a three-year period (1998-2000). 2, To study the prevalence of suicide and risk-taking behaviour among th...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7936 |
| Summary: | Bibliography: leaves 64-76. === This study was conducted with the following three objectives: 1, to construct a profile of patients admitted to William Slater Hospital day-patient program during a three-year period (1998-2000). 2, To study the prevalence of suicide and risk-taking behaviour among this sample population, and thus making a comparison with Cummins and Allwood's (1984) study. 3 To explore the extent to which risk-taking behaviour is associated with suicidal hebaviour in this clinical population. Archival research method was used to achieve these objectives. |
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