Short research article: COVID‐19 and its impact on child and youth mental health service demand in the community and emergency department

BACKGROUND: To explore changes in child and youth mental health service (CYMHS) demand in Brisbane, Australia, following the COVID pandemic. METHODS: The number of monthly presentations and referrals to respectively the emergency department (ED) and community CYMHS were compared among 2018, 2019 and...

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Autores principales: Tedja, Amy M., Shanmugam, Meenakshi S., Stathis, Stephen, Middeldorp, Christel M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9538734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35970198
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/camh.12593
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Shanmugam, Meenakshi S.
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description BACKGROUND: To explore changes in child and youth mental health service (CYMHS) demand in Brisbane, Australia, following the COVID pandemic. METHODS: The number of monthly presentations and referrals to respectively the emergency department (ED) and community CYMHS were compared among 2018, 2019 and 2020. RESULTS: The study shows a marked increase in referrals to ED starting from July and in the community from May 2020. In the population referred to as community teams, the proportions of Indigenous children and those from lower socio‐economic areas decreased. CONCLUSIONS: The COVID‐19 pandemic has aggravated the supply and demand disparity in CYMHS, with the largest effect on the most vulnerable families.
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spelling pubmed-95387342022-10-11 Short research article: COVID‐19 and its impact on child and youth mental health service demand in the community and emergency department Tedja, Amy M. Shanmugam, Meenakshi S. Stathis, Stephen Middeldorp, Christel M. Child Adolesc Ment Health Short Research Articles BACKGROUND: To explore changes in child and youth mental health service (CYMHS) demand in Brisbane, Australia, following the COVID pandemic. METHODS: The number of monthly presentations and referrals to respectively the emergency department (ED) and community CYMHS were compared among 2018, 2019 and 2020. RESULTS: The study shows a marked increase in referrals to ED starting from July and in the community from May 2020. In the population referred to as community teams, the proportions of Indigenous children and those from lower socio‐economic areas decreased. CONCLUSIONS: The COVID‐19 pandemic has aggravated the supply and demand disparity in CYMHS, with the largest effect on the most vulnerable families. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9538734/ /pubmed/35970198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/camh.12593 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Child and Adolescent Mental Health published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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