Mid-term psychiatric consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: a 4 months observational study on emergency room admissions for psychiatric evaluation after the (first) lockdown period in Italy.
Massimiliano BeghiSilvia FerrariLaura BiondiRiccardo BrandoliniClaudia CorsiniGiovanni De PaoliRosa Patrizia Sant'AngeloCarlo FraticelliIlaria CasolaroMikhail ZinchukEvgenii PashninLina UrhGiulio CastelpietraCesare Maria CornaggiaPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2022)
Our results showed an increase in ER psychiatric consultations compared to the previous year, underlying the increased psychological distress caused by the lockdown.