Confirmation of increased and more severe adolescent mental health-related in-patient admissions in the COVID-19 pandemic aftermath: A 2-year follow-up study.
Psychiatry Res Commun
; 3(2): 100119, 2023 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2270881
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 pandemic may have affected youth's mental wellbeing. Youth admissions for mental health emergencies over the 2-year period following the COVID-19 outbreak (March 2020-February 2022) were compared to those occurring in the same period of 2018-2020, with reference to individual and clinical data. The study identified 30 admissions in the pre-pandemic period and 65 (+116.7%) in the post-pandemic period, with the latter being younger, less likely to have a personal psychiatric history, and more likely to receive psychopharmacological treatment. A higher likelihood of earlier, ex novo psychiatric manifestations, requiring medication to reach clinical stability, in the post-COVID era, is suggested.
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MEDLINE
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Cohort study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
English
Journal:
Psychiatry Res Commun
Year:
2023
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Article
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J.psycom.2023.100119
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