Psychiatric emergency visit trends and characteristics in a mental health epicenter in Istanbul during COVID-19 lockdown.

Murat YalcinAlper BaşRabia BiliciYusuf Özay ÖzdemirEngin Emrem BeştepeSamet KurnazMustafa GüneşVelat KurtElif Koyu

Published in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2021)

Policy-makers should focus on studies on mental health services to reorganize and enhance such services, which are crucial to prevent and manage adverse mental health consequences of the pandemic and congestion in PEDs.

Keyphrases

mental health
mental illness
public health
healthcare
sars cov
coronavirus disease
emergency department
case control
electronic health record
affordable care act