Patient factors that predict admission to an emergency psychiatric unit following deliberate self-harm in an urban hospital in South Africa
Background: Suicidal behaviour is increasingly widespread in South Africa and constitutes a significant burden of disease, often within resource-constrained hospital settings. Little is known about the factors associated with psychiatric admission following an act of deliberate self-harm (DSH) in So...
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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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Faculty of Health Sciences
2021
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33703 |