Mental disorders and violence-related injuries : prevention opportunities in emergency centres

Mental disorders and violence-related injuries make significant contributions to the global disease burden, mostly affecting young people. In emergency centres, mental disorders and violence-related injuries are commonly seen and, according to international data, violently injured patients are at-risk for mental disorders. Despite the scale of this problem, little evidence exists, especially from low- and middle-income-countries, regarding predictors of mental disorder and violence-related injuries, and data concerning interventions have not been synthesised.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Van der Westhuizen, Claire

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Sorsdahl, Katherine
• Stein, Dan J

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13049

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13049