The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on presentations with suicidal behaviour in a tertiary hospital Emergency Centre in the Eastern Cape, South Africa–A cross-sectional analysis
The COVID-19 pandemic marginally reduced the prevalence of presentations with suicidal behaviour to the Emergency Centre, contrary to what was observed in high-income countries.
Authors
- Johnré Retief
- Luan Taljaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9317-5878)
- Clint Hendrikse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9963-5775)
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Frere Hospital (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2024.08.005
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00