The Effects of the 1(st) National COVID 19 Lockdown on Emergency Psychiatric Visit Trends in a Tertiary General Hospital in Israel

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the 1(st) COVID-19 lockdown in Israel affected emergency psychiatric presentations in a general hospital. METHOD: We studied files of patients who underwent psychiatric consultation in the emergency-room (ER) at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center during a lockdown imp...

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Autores principales: Dvorak, Lior, Sar-el, Roy, Mordel, Clara, Schreiber, Shaul, Tene, Oren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7986302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33799196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113903
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the 1(st) COVID-19 lockdown in Israel affected emergency psychiatric presentations in a general hospital. METHOD: We studied files of patients who underwent psychiatric consultation in the emergency-room (ER) at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center during a lockdown imposed in 2020. Parallel data were obtained from 2017-2019, as control. RESULTS: The number of psychiatric consultations dropped during the lockdown period; an increased relative number of compulsory psychiatric hospitalizations was documented and a decreased rate of consented psychiatric hospitalizations. DISCUSSION: Less psychiatric patients approached the ER during the lockdown period, pointing to an urgent need to facilitate access to psychiatric care in future times of crisis.

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