Suicidal behaviour

dc.contributor.advisorBerman, S.
dc.contributor.authorWalton, Hendrik Johannes
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T13:11:02Z
dc.date.available2020-07-16T13:11:02Z
dc.date.issued1954
dc.date.updated2020-07-16T12:39:49Z
dc.description.abstractMan is not always plainly discernible in scientific writings about him. His individuality denied, in many psychological studies man becomes a cipher. Science demands useful generalisations, and psychiatry is in part so unsatisfactory in discipline precisely because human life is complex. To affect an impression of simplicity when encountering bewildering diversity, although usual remains foolish, particularly 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, and that there are aspects of similarity in their personalities and their suicidal acts. Psychological study of people is a worthy occupation now that we have lately learning how al men pass the major portion of their emotional lives in secret, their continuing passions hidden not only from their close associates but, indeed from themselves.
dc.identifier.apacitationWalton, H. J. (1954). <i>Suicidal behaviour</i>. (). ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Retrieved from en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWalton, Hendrik Johannes. <i>"Suicidal behaviour."</i> ., ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, 1954. en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWalton, H.J. 1954. Suicidal behaviour. . ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Doctoral Thesis AU - Walton, Hendrik Johannes AB - Man is not always plainly discernible in scientific writings about him. His individuality denied, in many psychological studies man becomes a cipher. Science demands useful generalisations, and psychiatry is in part so unsatisfactory in discipline precisely because human life is complex. To affect an impression of simplicity when encountering bewildering diversity, although usual remains foolish, particularly 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, and that there are aspects of similarity in their personalities and their suicidal acts. Psychological study of people is a worthy occupation now that we have lately learning how al men pass the major portion of their emotional lives in secret, their continuing passions hidden not only from their close associates but, indeed from themselves. DA - 1954 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - suicide LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 1954 T1 - Suicidal behaviour TI - Suicidal behaviour UR - ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11427/32104
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWalton HJ. Suicidal behaviour. []. ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, 1954 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.subjectsuicide
dc.titleSuicidal behaviour
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
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