Trends in Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits in Northern Israel During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Trends in Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits in Northern Israel During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Background: During the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), mandatory quarantines increased social isolation and anxiety, with inevitable consequences on mental health and health seeking behavior. We wished to estimate those trends.Methods: We examined all psychiatric visits to the emergency de...

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Main Authors: Yael Pikkel Igal, Irit Meretyk, Aziz Darawshe, Samer Hayek, Limor Givon, Avi Levy, Idan Sipori, Yonatan Nuriel, Boaz Bloch, Shraga Buniak, Ron Eshel, Eyal Fruchter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
COVID-19
mental health
psychiatric emergency department visits
suicide
health seeking behavior
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.603318/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.603318/full

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