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En kvalitativ studie om skolkuratorers professionella erfarenheter och funktion i suicidprevention

Salim, Dalia LU and Naumovska, Natalie LU (2018) SOPA63 20181
School 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
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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  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 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.}},
  author       = {{Salim, Dalia and Naumovska, Natalie}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{En kvalitativ studie om skolkuratorers professionella erfarenheter och funktion i suicidprevention}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}