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Psychiatric Emergencies During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 6-Month Observational Study by Rosaria Di Lorenzo; Nicoletta Frattini; Diego Dragone; Riccardo Farina; Filippa Luisi; Silvia Ferrari; Geminiano Bandiera; Sergio Rovesti; Paola Ferri is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background The new SARS-CoV-2 has caused an ongoing pandemic. Health prevention measures to contain the outbreak are profoundly affecting the physical and mental health as well as personal freedom of the population. ## Aim To evaluate psychiatric emergencies in a 6-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to those of the corresponding period of the previous year. ## Methods This monocentric observational study preliminarily collected variables of the urgent psychiatric consultations (UPCs) carried out in emergency room (ER) from 1-3-2020 to 31-8-2020 and the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who required UPCs in the 6-month period, comparing these data with those collected from 1-3-2019 to 31-8-2019. The data, collected in alpha-numeric code, were statistically analyzed through STATA 12-2011. ## Results This research reported a reduction of both UPCs and hospital psychiatric admissions. Concomitantly, we observed an increase of UPCs required by people already being treated by psychiatric and other health services, residents in psychiatric facilities and non-Italians. In 2020, differently from 2019, the most frequent reasons for urgent p

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Author

Rosaria Di Lorenzo; Nicoletta Frattini; Diego Dragone; Riccardo Farina; Filippa Luisi; Silvia Ferrari; Geminiano Bandiera; Sergio Rovesti; Paola Ferri

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)