Prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm hospitalizations in France: A nationwide retrospective observational study.
Fabrice JollantA RoussotE CorrubleJ C Chauvet-GelinierB FalissardYann MikaeloffC QuantinPublished in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2022)
During this second stage, the number of self-harm hospitalizations remained at a lower level than in the prepandemic period. However, significant variations over time, age, and sex were observed. Young people (notably adolescent girls) appear to have particularly suffered from the persistence of the pandemic, while older people did not show any decrease since the beginning. Vigilance and continuing prevention are warranted.