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

Doctoral Thesis

2014

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Authors
Van der Westhuizen, Claire
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Sorsdahl, Katherine
Stein, Dan J
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University of Cape Town

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Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
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.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Keywords
Psychiatry

Reference:

Van der Westhuizen, C. 2014. Mental disorders and violence-related injuries : prevention opportunities in emergency centres. University of Cape Town.

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PhD / Doctoral