COVID-19 and psychiatric admissions: An observational study of the first six months of lockdown in Melbourne

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 perio...

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Autores principales: Jagadheesan, Karuppiah, Danivas, Vijay, Itrat, Quratulain, Sekharan, Lokesh, Lakra, Assoc Prof Vinay
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/PMC7986313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33799197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113902
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Sumario: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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