Observational studyPsychiatry research2021
COVID-19 and psychiatric admissions: An observational study of the first six months of lockdown in Melbourne.
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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
- Changes in psychiatric admissions in the first year of COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada.International journal of mental health systems · 2025Article
- 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
- Impact and predictive modeling of risk factors for involuntary psychiatric admissions before and during COVID-19: insights from a Romanian tertiary hospital.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
- 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
- A mixed method study on the impact of COVID-19 on mental healthcare in Ghana: rethinking mental health service delivery.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Management of Mental Health Services for Hospitalized Patients in Sibiu County-Central Region, Romania.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Impact of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of mental health services in South Korea: a nationwide, health insurance data-based study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Profile changes in admissions to a psychiatric hospitalisation unit over 15 years (2006-2021), considering the impact of the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2.Psychiatry research · 2023Observational
- Psychiatric presentations and admissions during the first wave of Covid-19 compared to 2019 in a psychiatric emergency department in Berlin, Germany: a retrospective chart review.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
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- Rapid review and commentary on the clinical implications of the population mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2022Review
- Characteristics of Admissions to a Tertiary Psychiatric Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Observational Study.Oman medical journal · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Delivery of Mental Health Services and Telemental Health: Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2022Review
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient Admissions for Psychotic and Affective Disorders: The Experience of a Large Psychiatric Teaching Hospital in Romania.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Real-world performance of Victorian hospitals during the COVID-19 lockdowns.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2022Article
- Young Peoples' Construction of DIY Dirt Jumps in Melbourne, Australia, Throughout the Covid-19 Lockdowns.Journal of applied youth studies · 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
- How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Addiction Services? A Study of the Different Periods of the Pandemic and Patient Treatment Follow-up Over 1 Year.Substance use : research and treatmentArticle
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Abstract
Research on the effect of a prolonged lockdown on inpatient admissions is limited. In this background, this study was planned, and it included patients admitted to inpatient units of a large mental health network in Melbourne during the lockdown (March 16-September 16, 2020) and a similar time period in 2019. The results showed a 12% decrease in admissions. The lockdown period included patients with lower mean age and more patients with never married status, higher education status, students and patients with home duties, and certain psychiatric diagnoses. Overall, the patients needing inpatient treatment during a prolonged lockdown are different.
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