Suicidal behaviour among patients with congestive cardiac failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital.

Tomilola O Shofu-Akanji Bolanle Adeyemi Ola Dapo A Adegbaju Adeola Olubunmi Ajibare Adefemi A Adeoye Ismail O Adesina

Published in: The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa (2024)

The findings lend a voice to the need for screening for suicidal behaviour, suicide prevention programmes, surveillance systems and government policies that support mental health for patients with CCF.

Keyphrases

mental health
public health
depressive symptoms
left ventricular
mental illness