Patient flow in the largest French psychiatric emergency centre in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Psychiatry Res
; 291: 113205, 2020 09.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32593065
ABSTRACT
To date, we have no French data about the psychiatric consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and the confinement. In the largest French psychiatric emergency centre, we compared the average number of consultations per day during the confinement with the same period preceding the confinement and with the same periods of previous years, and we observed a significant drop in attendance. Our team had to adapt promptly to these changes in public mental health services, and we set up a telephone hotline dedicated to psychiatric patients and their families, in order to prevent a secondary psychiatric crisis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Mental Health Services
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Psychiatry Res
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article