Identifying a probable suicide cluster in an acute care psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Background: Two young male patients who were diagnosed with drug-induced psychosis committed suicide in a psychiatric hospital in South Africa within a month of each other. The psychiatric nurses working in the hospital had never before had to deal with a similar trauma of suicide cluster. Aim: To...

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Main Authors: Ruwayda Jacobs, Christoffel Grobler, Johanita Strumpher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2021-04-01
Series:South African Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/1646