Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychiatric Admissions to a Large Swiss Emergency Department: An Observational Study.
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- Utilization of mental health services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic - a systematic review and meta-analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026Pooled it
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- Changes in psychiatric admissions in the first year of COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada.International journal of mental health systems · 2025Article
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- Changes in the number and characteristics of tertiary hospital psychiatric admissions in south Croatia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- How Can Access to Mental Health Services in Switzerland Be Improved in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic?Public health reviews · 2025Article
- Addressing Mental Health Needs After a Public Health Crisis in Southern Switzerland: Stakeholders' Perspectives.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Outpatient mental health care during high incidence phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany - changes in utilization, challenges and post-COVID care.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- Patterns of psychiatric admissions across two major health crises: L' Aquila earthquake and COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Police-referred psychiatric emergency presentations during the first and second wave of COVID-19 in Berlin, Germany: a retrospective chart review.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Adult Mental Health Presentations to Emergency Departments in Victoria, Australia between January 2018 and October 2020: Changes Associated with COVID-19 Pandemic Public Health Restrictions.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2024Article
- Clinical Outcome in Persons with Severe Mental Disorders Attending a Mental Health Day Center during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The role of lifestyle and mental health in the weight change of higher vocational college students in Fuzhou, China during COVID-19.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Impact of Telemedicine on Utilization of Psychiatric Resources in New York City during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- [Impact of the 2020 lockdown on prehospital psychiatric emergencies in a large city].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2024Article
- Adult psychiatric inpatient admissions and length of stay before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large urban hospital setting in Vancouver, British Columbia.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- Suicide Attempt Violence: Gender Differences, Diagnosis and Psychiatric Care Seeking in Mexico City.Consortium psychiatricum · 2024Article
- In-patient suicide after telephone delivery of bad news to a suspected COVID-19 patient: What could be done to improve communication quality?Health care science · 2023Article
- Anxiety, depression symptoms, and psychological resilience among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in isolation: A study from Wuhan, China.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Differing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health: combined population and clinical study.BJPsych open · 2023Article
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Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a public health emergency with profound mental health consequences. The psychiatric emergency department (ED) plays a key role during this mental health crisis. This study aimed to investigate differences in admissions at a Swiss psychiatric ED from 1 April to 15 May during a "pandemic-free" period in 2016 and a "during-pandemic" period in 2020. The study included 579 consultations at psychiatric ED in the "during-pandemic" period and 702 in the "pandemic-free" period. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were compared, and logistic regression analysis was performed to identify variables associated with psychiatric admissions during the pandemic. A reduction in total psychiatric ED admissions was documented during COVID-19. Logistic regression analysis predicted the independent variable (ED admission during the pandemic) and estimated odds ratio (OR) for being unmarried/not in a relationship, arrival in an ambulance, suicidal behavior, behavioral disorders and psychomotor agitation. Though only statistically significant in bivariate analysis, patients were also more likely to be involuntarily hospitalized. This picture appears to be reversed from a sociodemographic and clinical point of view to our observation of psychiatric ED consultation in 2016. These findings highlight that the reduction in psychiatric ED admissions during the pandemic seems to be associated with living alone and more severe psychopathologies, which must alert psychiatrists to ensure access to mental health care in times of pandemic.
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