dc.contributor.advisor | Pretorius, Tyrone | |
dc.contributor.author | Hashim, Shereen B | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-08T10:45:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-08T10:45:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/10081 | |
dc.description | Magister Psychologiae - MPsych | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This study provides a descriptive profile of psychiatric patients who had gone ‘Absent Without Leave'(AWOL) from Lentegeur Hospital over an 8-month period from April to November 1992. The clinical sample comprised 93 in-patients (83 males, l0 females) ranging in age from 14-57 years. A survey was conducted in order to gather standardized information. Results revealed that the majority of patients who had gone AWOL were young, single, unemployed, urban males with a low level of education. Most of them had been admitted involuntarily, and sported a history of several previous admissions coupled with a history of AWOL. Many had requested discharge prior to leaving, whilst only a few were due for discharge. The Police were more often than not, involved in returning these patients to hospital. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.subject | Absent Without Leave (AWOL) | en_US |
dc.subject | Lentegeur Hospital | en_US |
dc.subject | Mental illness | en_US |
dc.subject | Mentally ill patients | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.title | A descriptive study of patients going 'absent without leave' from Lentegeur Hospital (April 1992-November 1992) | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |