The Impact of COVID-19 on Psychiatric Emergency and Inpatient Services in the First Month of the Pandemic in a Large Urban Mental Health Hospital in Ontario, Canada

The Impact of COVID-19 on Psychiatric Emergency and Inpatient Services in the First Month of the Pandemic in a Large Urban Mental Health Hospital in Ontario, Canada

The World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) as a pandemic on March 11, 2020 (WHO). Within a couple of days, all Canadian provinces announced the implementation of social distancing measures. We evaluated the immediate effect of COVID-19 on psychiatric emergency an...

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Main Authors: Helena K. Kim, Andre F. Carvalho, David Gratzer, Albert H. C. Wong, Shayla Gutzin, M. Ishrat Husain, Benoit H. Mulsant, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Zafiris J. Daskalakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
COVID-19
psychiatry
Canada
pandemic
emergency
inpatient
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.563906/full

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