Audit of acute psychiatric presentations during New Zealand's first COVID-19 national lockdown.
Lillian Lywan NgNishanth NarayananDanielle DiamondNiru PitigalaPublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2021)
Service users had unique stressors and changing patterns of presentation during the level-4 New Zealand lockdown. In response to the changing needs of service users during a pandemic, we recommend optimising telehealth, enhancing connections with other essential services, development of digital interventions and care for frontline staff.