A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of
Medicine, University of the witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, in part fulfilment of the
requirements for the Degree of Master of Medicine
in psychiatry. / A descriptive study of 130 suicide attempts seen
at the psychiatric department, Baragwanath
Hospital during the six month period 01/01/89 to
30/06/89 is presented.
Demographic, clinical and psychosocial data were
reviewed and discussed. A follow-up assessment
was done six months after the suicide attempt.
The patients who had attempted suicide made up
10% of the patients seen at the psychiatric
department. Seventy six percent of the patients
that attempted suicide were under the age of 30
years. The male:female ratio was 1:2. The
ingestion of chemicals (65%) was the predominant
method used, The major predisposing factor was
interpersonal conflict (70%).
It was found that these patients were less
likely than whites to have previously self-poisoned,
have received previous psychiatric
treatment, or be suffering from depression or a
personality disorder.
Sixty nine percent of the patients were given
follow-up appointments. There was a poor followup
rate (25%).
A recurrence of suicidal behaviour within six
months was 4%. / Andrew Chakane 2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/25528 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Jeenah, Fatima Yasmien |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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