Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6056587 | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This study further confirms that there is a subgroup of facially injured patients with preexisting psychiatric illness which often goes unrecognized and untreated. Early recognition, together with appropriate referral to and management by liaison psychiatry may play an important role in reducing the rate of facial trauma recidivism.
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Authors
Gary R. MBBS, PhD, MMedSc, FRACDS, FACS, FRCS, Shofiq MBBCh(Hons), BDS, DOHNS (RCS), MFDSRCS, MRCS(Edin),