Despite high failure rates, we keep doing it, year after year, as we try to lose pounds, quit a bad habit, or just try to be an all - around better person.
Not exact matches
The
high percentage of athletes reporting that they continued to play
despite experiencing concussion symptoms, while similar to the
rates reported in other studies, is concerning, as the
failure to diagnose concussions in athletes can lead to further damage to the brain before full recovery, expose them to the cumulative effects of injuries and increased risk of second impact syndrome.
When 96 % of teachers are
rated effective or better
despite high student
failure rates, it is a sure sign that principals have not been honest.
She was disturbed and puzzled by the fact that students «course -
failure rates (which principals were required to report every six weeks) were unacceptably
high (e.g., 29 % at the
high school level)
despite the history of formally satisfactory student results on state tests and school accountability
ratings:
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is 1 of only 2 DSM - IV diagnoses for which suicidal behavior is a criterion.1 Borderline personality disorder is a severe and persistent mental disorder experience of severe emotional distress and behavioral dyscontrol.1 - 3 Among patients with BPD, 69 % to 80 % engage in suicidal behavior,4 - 9 with a suicide
rate of up to 9 %.10 Forty percent of the
highest users of inpatient psychiatric services receive a diagnosis of BPD.11, 12 Patients with BPD use more services than those with major depression13 and other personality disorders.14 Among patients with BPD seen for treatment, 72 % have had at least 1 psychiatric hospitalization and 97 % have received outpatient treatment from a mean of 6.1 previous therapists.15, 16
Despite this
high - use pattern, patients with BPD have
high rates of treatment
failure.17, 18