Emergency Psychiatric Consultations During and After the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy. A Multicentre Study

Emergency Psychiatric Consultations During and After the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy. A Multicentre Study

Aims: The aim was to analyse the psychiatric consultations in nine Italian hospital emergency departments, by comparing the lockdown and post-lockdown periods of 2020 with the equivalent periods of 2019.Methods: Characteristics of psychiatric consultations, patients, and drug prescriptions were anal...

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Main Authors: Matteo Balestrieri, Paola Rucci, Davide Amendola, Miki Bonizzoni, Giancarlo Cerveri, Chiara Colli, Filippo Dragogna, Giuseppe Ducci, Maria Giuseppa Elmo, Lucio Ghio, Federico Grasso, Clara Locatelli, Claudio Mencacci, Leonardo Monaco, Alessandra Nicotra, Giulia Piccinini, Livia Pischiutta, Marco Toscano, Marco Vaggi, Vincenzo Villari, Alberto Vitalucci, Giulio Castelpietra, Emi Bondi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
psychiatric consultations
emergency department
suicidal ideation
COVID-19
psychotropic drugs
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.697058/full

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