@article{ref1,
title="Risk-taking behaviour of Cape Peninsula high-school students. Part ii. Suicidal behaviour",
journal="South African medical journal SAMJ",
year="1993",
author="Flisher, A. J. and Ziervogel, C. F. and Chalton, D. O. and Leger, P. H. and Robertson, B. A.",
volume="83",
number="7",
pages="474-476",
abstract="The prevalence of a wide range of risk-taking behaviour among high-school students in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, was investigated. In this article, the results for suicidal behaviour are presented. Cluster sampling techniques produced a sample of 7,340 students from 16 schools in the three major education departments. A self-administered questionnaire was completed in a normal school period. Estimates for each education department were weighted to produce an overall estimate. During the previous 12 months, 19% of students had seriously thought about harming themselves in a way that might result in their death, 12.4% had told someone that they intended to put an end to their life, and 7.8% had actually tried to put an end to their life. There were different trends according to gender, standard and language(s) spoken at home. Of those who had made a suicide attempt during the previous 12 months, 85.7% indicated that they had seriously thought about doing so, while 57.7% had told someone that they intended putting an end to their life. There is in many cases no continuity from suicidal ideation to communicating suicidal intent to an actual attempt.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0038-2469",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}