Psychiatric emergency visit trends and characteristics in a mental health epicenter in Istanbul during COVID-19 lockdown

Background We aimed to explore the impact of the preventive measures and partial lockdown to the psychiatric emergency department (PED) visits during COVID-19 pandemic in a mental health epicenter in Istanbul. Methods A total of 5839 patients admitted to PED during the lockdown period (LP) between M...

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Published in:Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2021-12, Vol.56 (12), p.2299-2310
Main Authors: Yalçın, Murat, Baş, Alper, Bilici, Rabia, Özdemir, Yusuf Özay, Beştepe, Engin Emrem, Kurnaz, Samet, Güneş, Mustafa, Kurt, Velat, Koyu, Elif
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bipolar disorder
Comparative analysis
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Earthquakes
Emergency medical services
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Health aspects
Health services
Hospitalization
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine, Experimental
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mentally ill
Original Paper
Pandemics
Psychiatric services
Psychiatry
Shelter in place
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Summary:Background We aimed to explore the impact of the preventive measures and partial lockdown to the psychiatric emergency department (PED) visits during COVID-19 pandemic in a mental health epicenter in Istanbul. Methods A total of 5839 patients admitted to PED during the lockdown period (LP) between March 30 and May 31, 2020, were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study. Data of these patients were compared to those of patients in the same period in 2019 between April 1 and June 2, 2019 (non-LP). We also investigated the monthly number of PED visits and hospitalizations between March 1 and December 31, 2020, and compared it to the same period in 2019. Results The volume of PED visits and hospitalizations in LP decreased by 12% and 41.6%, respectively. The rates of patients presenting anxiety and depressive disorders and bipolar disorders were found to significantly increase in LP than non-LP ( p  
ISSN:0933-7954
1433-9285
DOI:10.1007/s00127-021-02171-0