Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract We aimed to describe the epidemiology of all pediatric emergency department visits (focusing on mental health-related visits versus total visits) at the University Children’s Hospital of Nice (France) from 1 January to 31 December 2020 (year of the COVID-19 pandemic) and to compare it with...
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| author | Arnaud Fernandez Morgane Gindt Phillipe Babe Florence Askenazy |
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| description | Abstract We aimed to describe the epidemiology of all pediatric emergency department visits (focusing on mental health-related visits versus total visits) at the University Children’s Hospital of Nice (France) from 1 January to 31 December 2020 (year of the COVID-19 pandemic) and to compare it with the earlier 3-year period. The increase in mental health-related visits (44.2%) that we observed, while total visits decreased (30.0%), suggests an impact of the pandemic on children’s and adolescents’ mental health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b50344ab0a8d47788522dc902bc830be2022-12-21T21:32:05ZengBMCInternational Journal of Emergency Medicine1865-13721865-13802021-11-011411310.1186/s12245-021-00387-0Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemicArnaud Fernandez0Morgane Gindt1Phillipe Babe2Florence Askenazy3Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-LenvalChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-LenvalPediatric Emergency Department, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-LenvalChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-LenvalAbstract We aimed to describe the epidemiology of all pediatric emergency department visits (focusing on mental health-related visits versus total visits) at the University Children’s Hospital of Nice (France) from 1 January to 31 December 2020 (year of the COVID-19 pandemic) and to compare it with the earlier 3-year period. The increase in mental health-related visits (44.2%) that we observed, while total visits decreased (30.0%), suggests an impact of the pandemic on children’s and adolescents’ mental health.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-021-00387-0COVID-19 pandemicChild and adolescent psychiatryMental healthPediatric emergency department visits |
| spellingShingle | Arnaud Fernandez Morgane Gindt Phillipe Babe Florence Askenazy Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic International Journal of Emergency Medicine COVID-19 pandemic Child and adolescent psychiatry Mental health Pediatric emergency department visits |
| title | Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | mental health related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic Child and adolescent psychiatry Mental health Pediatric emergency department visits |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-021-00387-0 |
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