Psychiatric emergency admissions during and after COVID-19 lockdown: short-term impact and long-term implications on mental health

Psychiatric emergency admissions during and after COVID-19 lockdown: short-term impact and long-term implications on mental health

Abstract Background The ‘lockdown’ measures, adopted to restrict population movements in order to help curb the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, contributed to a global mental health crisis. Although several studies have extensively examined the impact of lockdown measures on the...

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Main Authors: Julia Ambrosetti, Laura Macheret, Aline Folliet, Alexandre Wullschleger, Andrea Amerio, Andrea Aguglia, Gianluca Serafini, Paco Prada, Stefan Kaiser, Guido Bondolfi, François Sarasin, Alessandra Costanza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Coronavirus
COVID-19 pandemic
Depression
Emergency department
Public mental health
Psychiatric admissions
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03469-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03469-8

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