ArticleEarly intervention in psychiatry2021
Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health outcomes in a cohort of early psychosis patients.
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- Telehealth Use and Health Equity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Socio-Emotional Values Within Organizations.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Assessing demographic and clinical characteristics and healthcare resource utilization of patients with schizophrenia with inadequate response to antipsychotic treatment.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychiatric Service Use Among Psychiatric Outpatients.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- "Everything Changed, Would You Like Me to Elaborate?": A Qualitative Examination of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Community Participation Among Young Adults with Early Psychosis and Their Families.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2024Article
- Symptom Exacerbations of Patients Attending a Community Mental Health Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Incidence rate and distinctive characteristics of first episode psychosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multicenter observational study.Scientific reports · 2022Observational
- A year in perspective: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on engagement with Jigsaw youth mental health services.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic on the Incidence of First Psychotic Spectrum Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Disruptions in Care for Medicare Beneficiaries With Severe Mental Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Connection of Suicidal Behavior with COVID-19: Clinical Cases.Consortium psychiatricum · 2022Article
- Changes and Challenges in Inpatient Mental Health Care During the First Two High Incidence Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany - Results From the COVID Ψ Psychiatry Survey.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health outcomes in a cohort of early psychosis patients.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical outcomes, we used data from Electronic Health Records from 128 patients receiving care at a First Episode Psychosis clinic.
methodsRates of admission or emergency room (ER) visits from January 2020 to July 2020 were analysed using difference-in-difference regression. We used the same weeks in 2019 to control for seasonality.
resultsWe found 17 hospitalizations or ER visits between 1 January 2020 and 13 March 2020 (incidence rate: 71.4 events/1000 person-weeks) and 6 between 14 March 2020 and 20 June 2020 (incidence rate: 18.5 events/1000 person-weeks) for an incidence rate ratio of 0.26. The severity of presentation worsened after transition to telemedicine. No signs of significant interruptions of care were found.
conclusionsWe report that patients have avoided accessing higher levels of care, except in extreme cases. We argue that this is not a sustainable trajectory and that public health actions are required.
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