Covid-19 Case Rates After Surveillance and Vaccinations in a Statewide Psychiatric Hospital System

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ID11017678
AuthorsThomas E Smith (0000-0003-3742-2138, Thomas E. Smith, Ian T. Rodgers, Mark Olfson, Lisa B. Dixon, and Melanie M. Wall are with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Daniel J. Silverman and Sally R. Dreslin are with the New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY.), 喜子 田村 (corresponding author), Ian T Rodgers (Thomas E. Smith, Ian T. Rodgers, Mark Olfson, Lisa B. Dixon, and Melanie M. Wall are with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Daniel J. Silverman and Sally R. Dreslin are with the New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY.), Daniel J Silverman (Thomas E. Smith, Ian T. Rodgers, Mark Olfson, Lisa B. Dixon, and Melanie M. Wall are with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Daniel J. Silverman and Sally R. Dreslin are with the New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY.), Sally R Dreslin (Thomas E. Smith, Ian T. Rodgers, Mark Olfson, Lisa B. Dixon, and Melanie M. Wall are with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Daniel J. Silverman and Sally R. Dreslin are with the New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY.), Mark Olfson (0000-0002-3958-5662, Thomas E. Smith, Ian T. Rodgers, Mark Olfson, Lisa B. Dixon, and Melanie M. Wall are with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Daniel J. Silverman and Sally R. Dreslin are with the New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY.), Lisa B Dixon (0000-0002-1928-5152, Thomas E. Smith, Ian T. Rodgers, Mark Olfson, Lisa B. Dixon, and Melanie M. Wall are with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Daniel J. Silverman and Sally R. Dreslin are with the New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY.), Melanie M Wall (0000-0001-6673-3467, Thomas E. Smith, Ian T. Rodgers, Mark Olfson, Lisa B. Dixon, and Melanie M. Wall are with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Daniel J. Silverman and Sally R. Dreslin are with the New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY.)
Year2021
Volume111
Issue10
Pages1780-1783
Publication date2021-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2021.306444
OpenAlexW34529451
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

Individuals with serious mental illness are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. The New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health implemented patient and staff rapid testing, quarantining, and vaccination to limit COVID-19 spread in 23 state-operated psychiatric hospitals between November 2020 and February 2021. COVID-19 infection rates in inpatients and staff decreased by 96% and 71%, respectively, and the NYS population case rate decreased by 6%. Repeated COVID-19 testing and vaccination should be priority interventions for state-operated psychiatric hospitals. (Am J Public Health. 2021;111(10):1780–1783. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306444 )

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