The Medium-Term Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Referrals to Secondary Care Mental Health Services: A Controlled Interrupted Time Series Study

The Medium-Term Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Referrals to Secondary Care Mental Health Services: A Controlled Interrupted Time Series Study

To date, there is a paucity of information regarding the effect of COVID-19 or lockdown on mental disorders. We aimed to quantify the medium-term impact of lockdown on referrals to secondary care mental health clinical services. We conducted a controlled interrupted time series study using data from...

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Main Authors: Shanquan Chen, Rui She, Pei Qin, Anne Kershenbaum, Emilio Fernandez-Egea, Jenny R. Nelder, Chuoxin Ma, Jonathan Lewis, Chaoqun Wang, Rudolf N. Cardinal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic
lockdown
secondary care mental health services
controlled interrupted time series analysis
comorbidity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.585915/full

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