5 thoughts on “10. The untold plight of mental health and substance use in African Emergency Department populations: a cross-sectional study at East Africa’s largest public hospital”

1. Are mental health services and alcohol treatment services widely available in the public sector?

2. Were you able to assess for substances other than alcohol (ie. cocaine, heroin, meth)? If so, were they also correlated with depression?

3. 1. No they are not, but as we know there is excellent evidence for SBIRT for drug and alcohol use (including among ED populations), and such an intervention in that setting would be worthwhile to test
   2. The (validated) tools we used did not include other substances outside of tobacco and alcohol.

4. Thanks! Such an amazing opportunity to impact patient care!

5. Thanks! Such an amazing opportunity to impact patient care!
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