The Impact of Covid-19 on Psychiatric Emergency and Inpatient Services in the First Month of the Pandemic in a Large Urban Mental Health Hospital in Ontario, Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15524146 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helena K Kim (0000-0002-6578-2109, University of Toronto, corresponding author), André F Carvalho (0000-0002-2500-5671, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), David Gratzer (0000-0002-4578-0050, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), Albert H C Wong (0000-0002-9753-3182, University of Toronto), Shayla Gutzin (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), Muhammad Ishrat Husain (0000-0001-5771-5750, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), Benoit H Mulsant (0000-0002-0303-6450, University of Toronto), Vicky Stergiopoulos (0000-0003-3941-9434, University of Toronto), Zafiris J Daskalakis (0000-0001-9502-0538, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Pages | 563906-563906 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.563906 |
| PMID | 33967842 |
| OpenAlex | W3157319764 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 22 |
The World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) as a pandemic on March 11, 2020 (WHO). Within a couple of days, all Canadian provinces announced the implementation of social distancing measures. We evaluated the immediate effect of COVID-19 on psychiatric emergency and inpatient services in Canada's largest psychiatric hospital in the first month of the pandemic. We extracted data from the electronic medical records of the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada. We compared emergency department visits, inpatient occupancy rates, and length of stay in March 2019 and March 2020, and during the first and second half of March 2020. There was a decrease in the number of emergency department visits and inpatient occupancy rates in March 2020 compared to March 2019. There was also a significant decrease in the number of emergency department visits and inpatient occupancy rates in the second half of March 2020 compared to the first half. Our findings suggest that the pandemic was followed by a rapid decrease in the usage of psychiatric emergency and inpatient services in a large mental health hospital. Future studies will need to assess whether this decrease will be followed by a return to baseline or an increase in need for these services
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Emergency department · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Medical emergency · Mental health · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Social distance · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 · Medicine · Emergency Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |