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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"suicidal behaviour"”.
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Suicidal behaviour
… when important matters are being dealt with. Suicidal behaviour is important, because it is common and touches the lives of many people. When hundreds of people presented themselves after behaving self-destructively, it seemed gradually to emerge that suicidal persons do resemble each other, …
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Female suicidal behaviour: Initiation, cessation and prevention
This thesis explores non-fatal suicidal behaviour in young women. The approach taken is qualitative in orientation. The central form of data collection was the semi-structured interview. Interviews were conducted with key informants, including counsellors, clinicians and social workers and with …
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Epidemiology and genetic risk factors of suicidal behaviour in South Africa
… is an urgent public health problem. Fatal suicidal behaviour (individuals who died by suicide) and non-fatal suicidal behaviour (attempted suicide, self-harm, and suicidal ideation) comprise a complex interplay of individual, social, environmental, and biological factors, that are not fully …
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Adolescent suicidal behaviour in the 'lost city' : the experiences of mental health workers
… when dealing with cases involving adolescent suicidal behaviour. Mental health workers including nursing sisters, social workers and paraprofessionals were interviewed: Initially an unstructured interview schedule was used to explore the nature of adolescent suicidal behaviour in the course of …
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Overdoses, suicidal behaviour and clinical characteristics in heavy drug users. Studies in the Criminal Justice System.
… to report SA or difficulty controlling violent behaviour. In the present data material (n=6,836), 21 percent reported a SA, which was associated with several variables: female gender, several different psychiatric symptoms, history of being abused, heredity, physical disease, alcohol misuse and …
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Psychiatric disorders and suicidal behaviour in patients seen at a transgender clinic in Cape Town, South Africa
… population at risk of psychiatric disorders and suicidal behaviour. Despite this, there is a lack of research on the prevalence of mental health conditions and suicidal behaviour amongst transgender individuals in South Africa. Aim: To assess the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and suicidal …
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Exploring associations between childhood emotional abuse, suicidal behaviour and deliberate self-harm: the mediating role of distress tolerance
… such as deliberate self-harm (DSH), and suicidal behaviours (SB), indicating that they may represent considerable risk factors for later psychopathology. CEA is associated with poorer emotional coping skills, which may mediate the severity of later outcomes. Low distress tolerance (DT) is …
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The Phenomenon of Suicide Attempt by Young Female Suicide Survivors at a Selected Hospital in Thulamela Municipality, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
Suicidal behavior has become a serious public health concern worldwide. Globally, the rate of suicide increased by 60% in the past years. In South Africa, about 9.5 % of nonnatural deaths in young people is due to suicidal behavior, and there are 667 deaths due to suicide every month (Birmingham & …
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Suicide, lunacy and the asylum in nineteenth-century England
Suicidal patients constituted a significant proportion of the annual admissions to nineteenth-century public lunatic asylums. They formed a distinct patient category that required treatment and management strategies that were capable of frustrating their suicidal propensity and alleviating their …
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Patient factors that predict admission to an emergency psychiatric unit following deliberate self-harm in an urban hospital in South Africa
Background: Suicidal behaviour is increasingly widespread in South Africa and constitutes a significant burden of disease, often within resource-constrained hospital settings. Little is known about the factors associated with psychiatric admission following an act of deliberate self-harm (DSH) in …
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The cognitive and neural basis of suicide : investigating factors that help to identify individuals at risk
… is serious concern regarding the increase of suicidal acts. The main objective of this thesis was to investigate the relationship between different factors associated with suicide, specifically executive functioning, coping, and emotion regulation. These variables were investigated in …
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The epidemiology of risk behaviour of high-school students in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
… To document: (1) the prevalence of selected risk behaviours of high-school students in the Cape Peninsula; (2) whether the notion of a syndrome of adolescent risk behaviour is valid for this setting, and to investigate whether suicidal behaviour and behaviour exposing oneself to injury should be …
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Coping, stress and suicide ideation in the South African Police Service
… Suicide ideation constitutes one aspect of suicidal behaviour. Suicide ideation, which refers to the thoughts and cognitions about suicidal behaviour and intent, may be considered an early marker of more serious suicidal behaviour. However, there is a lack of empirical research …
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LIFE EVENTS, STRESS AND COPING
In order to increase the understanding of suicidal behaviour, the general aim of the thesis is to gain a profound knowledge of the suicidal individual, and hence to find and ensure a preventive strategy. This will be accomplished by finding and trying new methods for evaluation of suicide risk. The …
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Acceptance and commitment therapy for suicidality in young adults - a mixed methodology pilot study
… extensive knowledge of risk factors, rates of suicidal behaviour in young adults have not declined. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) shows promise as an intervention for suicidality, yet its application in young adult populations is underexplored. This pilot study evaluated the potential …
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A review of hijack events by airline employees, with a particular reference to Pilot Suicide Using an Aircraft (PSUA): an analysis of the triggering factors and current mitigation
… campaigns, real just culture implementation and suicidal behaviour recognition training.
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Towards an understanding of the self-harming behaviours of vulnerable young people
… place LAC at an increased risk of self-harm and suicidal behaviour. The findings have significant implications for intake assessment, treatment planning, service delivery, and staff training to address the complex emotional and behavioural needs of LAC. Given the potential risk that exposure to …
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Alcohol Use and Mental Health in Middle-aged Women. Women´s Health in Lund Area, a Swedish Population-based Study.
… for a mental disorder, lifelong or previous year suicidal behaviour. However, drinking alcohol to relieve tension, affirmed by 7.2% of the women, was associated with severe mental symptoms as well as binge drinking. In health care, attention should be paid to middle-aged women’s drinking patterns …
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Entering and adjusting to a different and uncertain world: experiences and support needs of adult family members, partners and friends in England who care for an adult at risk of suicide
… studies although perceived stigma relating to suicidal behaviour has not been formally assessed in carers. To date, minimal research specifically investigating carers of adults at risk of suicide has been conducted in England and there is a dearth of mixed methods inquiry in the field. Aim: …
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