En kvalitativ studie om skolkuratorers professionella erfarenheter och funktion i suicidprevention
(2018) SOPA63 20181School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The purpose of the study is to examine how school counselors work professionally with suicide prevention and what experience they have in helping suicidal high school students. Qualitative method were used to obtain the results. The sample has been made through a purposive sampling of school counselors in northwest Skåne. The result of the study showed that all school counselors have professional experience of meeting students with suicidality. The school counselors that participated in the study stated that they did not have any specific interventions in suicide prevention but to refer the student to psychiatry units such as Child and adolescent psychiatry (Barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin). Furthermore, it appeared that they worked... (More)
- The purpose of the study is to examine how school counselors work professionally with suicide prevention and what experience they have in helping suicidal high school students. Qualitative method were used to obtain the results. The sample has been made through a purposive sampling of school counselors in northwest Skåne. The result of the study showed that all school counselors have professional experience of meeting students with suicidality. The school counselors that participated in the study stated that they did not have any specific interventions in suicide prevention but to refer the student to psychiatry units such as Child and adolescent psychiatry (Barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin). Furthermore, it appeared that they worked preventively by informing about lifestyle, mental health illness and through the individual meeting with the student. We found that the school counselors considered themselves having an important and valuable function and role in suicide prevention. (Less)
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- author
- Salim, Dalia LU and Naumovska, Natalie LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- school counselors, suicide prevention, function, experience, role
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8945591
- date added to LUP
- 2018-06-13 11:33:50
- date last changed
- 2018-06-13 11:33:50
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