The covid-19 pandemic and hospital morbidity due to mental and behavioral disorders in Brazil: an interrupted time series analysis, from January 2008 to July 2021.
Carolina Novaes CarvalhoSandra Lucia Correia Lima FortesAndré Peres Barbosa de CastroJuan José Cortez-EscalanteThiago Augusto Hernandes RochaPublished in: Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil (2023)
the pandemic changed the trend of hospitalizations due to mental and behavioral disorders in Brazil; the drop observed in the period is evidence that the pandemic affected the mental health care network.