Pattern of adult psychiatric emergencies at a tertiary care center before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 pandemic
India
mental health
psychiatric emergencies
self-harm
Journal
Indian journal of psychiatry
ISSN: 0019-5545
Titre abrégé: Indian J Psychiatry
Pays: India
ID NLM: 0013255
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2024
Jan 2024
Historique:
received:
31
07
2023
revised:
20
10
2023
accepted:
25
12
2023
medline:
29
2
2024
pubmed:
29
2
2024
entrez:
29
2
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A gap exists in published data on psychiatric emergencies presenting to Indian centers over the entire pandemic. We assessed 2,048 consecutive adult psychiatric emergencies for the period April 2019-September 2021 to compare 18 months following the onset of the pandemic, with the pre pandemic year as the control. Mean age was 33.8 ± 13.6 years, with 55% females. The proportion with ICD-10 schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders (18.9% vs 15.3%;
Identifiants
pubmed: 38419924
doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_569_23
pii: IJPsy-66-106
pmc: PMC10898530
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
106-110Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2024 Indian Journal of Psychiatry.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.