Studies in behavioural epidemiology

• Main Author: Flisher, Alan John
• Other Authors: Robertson, Brian A
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2017
• Subjects: Psychiatry; Adolescent Behavior - South Africa; Adolescent psychology; Mortality - in adolescence - South Africa; Suicide - South Africa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26740

Collection of papers submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Cape Town, in fulfilment of the requirements of Part III of the Degree Master of Medicine in Psychiatry. === The following five papers are included in this collection. Paper 1. Flisher AJ, Joubert G, Yach D. Mortality from external causes in South African adolescents, 1984 - 1986. South African Medical Journal 1992; 81: 77-80. Paper 2. Flisher AJ, Chalton DO. High school dropouts in a working-class South African community: selected characteristics and risk-taking behaviour. Journal of Adolescence (in press). Paper 3. Flisher AJ, Roberts MM, Blignaut RJ. Youth attending Cape Peninsula day hospitals. Sexual behaviour and missed opportunities for contraception counselling. South African Medical Journal 1992; 82: 104-106. Paper 4. Flisher AJ, Parry CDH. Suicide in South Africa. An analysis of nationally registered mortality data for 1984-1986. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (in press). Paper 5. Flisher AJ, Parry CDH, Bradshaw D, Juritz J. Suicide in South Africa - seasonal variation. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (to be submitted) .