Psychiatric Emergencies During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 6-Month Observational Study

Rosaria Di Lorenzo,1 Nicoletta Frattini,2 Diego Dragone,3 Riccardo Farina,3 Filippa Luisi,3 Silvia Ferrari,3 Geminiano Bandiera,4 Sergio Rovesti,5 Paola Ferri5 1Psychiatric Intensive Treatment Facility, Mental Health and Drug Abuse Department of AUSL-Modena, Modena, Italy; 2Department of Biomedical,...

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Autores principales:	Di Lorenzo R, Frattini N, Dragone D, Farina R, Luisi F, Ferrari S, Bandiera G, Rovesti S, Ferri P
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5a070cfcf9a94cb4974fed48943511a52021-12-02T14:54:26ZPsychiatric Emergencies During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 6-Month Observational Study1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/5a070cfcf9a94cb4974fed48943511a52021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/psychiatric-emergencies-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-6-month-observa-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Rosaria Di Lorenzo,1 Nicoletta Frattini,2 Diego Dragone,3 Riccardo Farina,3 Filippa Luisi,3 Silvia Ferrari,3 Geminiano Bandiera,4 Sergio Rovesti,5 Paola Ferri5 1Psychiatric Intensive Treatment Facility, Mental Health and Drug Abuse Department of AUSL-Modena, Modena, Italy; 2Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; 3Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, School of Psychiatry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; 4Emergency Room and Emergency Medicine Unit, General Hospital of Baggiovara, AOU of Modena, Modena, Italy; 5Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, ItalyCorrespondence: Rosaria Di LorenzoPsychiatrist, Psychiatric Intensive Treatment Facility, Mental Health and Drug Abuse Department of AUSL-Modena, Via Paul Harris, 175, Modena, 41122, ItalyEmail r.dilorenzo@ausl.mo.itBackground: The new SARS-CoV-2 has caused an ongoing pandemic. Health prevention measures to contain the outbreak are profoundly affecting the physical and mental health as well as personal freedom of the population.Aim: To evaluate psychiatric emergencies in a 6-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to those of the corresponding period of the previous year.Methods: This monocentric observational study preliminarily collected variables of the urgent psychiatric consultations (UPCs) carried out in emergency room (ER) from 1-3-2020 to 31-8-2020 and the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who required UPCs in the 6-month period, comparing these data with those collected from 1-3-2019 to 31-8-2019. The data, collected in alpha-numeric code, were statistically analyzed through STATA 12-2011.Results: This research reported a reduction of both UPCs and hospital psychiatric admissions. Concomitantly, we observed an increase of UPCs required by people already being treated by psychiatric and other health services, residents in psychiatric facilities and non-Italians. In 2020, differently from 2019, the most frequent reasons for urgent psychiatric consultations were aggressive behavior and adjustment disorders with anxiety and depressive mood.Conclusion: This preliminary study suggests that, during the COVID-19 epidemic, urgent psychiatric consultations in ER were reduced, except for the most vulnerable people due to their clinical and/or social conditions.Keywords: psychiatric emergencies, urgent psychiatric consultations, COVID-19 pandemicDi Lorenzo RFrattini NDragone DFarina RLuisi FFerrari SBandiera GRovesti SFerri PDove Medical Pressarticlepsychiatric emergenciesurgent psychiatric consultationscovid-19 pandemicNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol Volume 17, Pp 1763-1778 (2021)
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spellingShingle	psychiatric emergencies urgent psychiatric consultations covid-19 pandemic Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429 Di Lorenzo R Frattini N Dragone D Farina R Luisi F Ferrari S Bandiera G Rovesti S Ferri P Psychiatric Emergencies During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 6-Month Observational Study
description	Rosaria Di Lorenzo,1 Nicoletta Frattini,2 Diego Dragone,3 Riccardo Farina,3 Filippa Luisi,3 Silvia Ferrari,3 Geminiano Bandiera,4 Sergio Rovesti,5 Paola Ferri5 1Psychiatric Intensive Treatment Facility, Mental Health and Drug Abuse Department of AUSL-Modena, Modena, Italy; 2Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; 3Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, School of Psychiatry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; 4Emergency Room and Emergency Medicine Unit, General Hospital of Baggiovara, AOU of Modena, Modena, Italy; 5Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, ItalyCorrespondence: Rosaria Di LorenzoPsychiatrist, Psychiatric Intensive Treatment Facility, Mental Health and Drug Abuse Department of AUSL-Modena, Via Paul Harris, 175, Modena, 41122, ItalyEmail r.dilorenzo@ausl.mo.itBackground: The new SARS-CoV-2 has caused an ongoing pandemic. Health prevention measures to contain the outbreak are profoundly affecting the physical and mental health as well as personal freedom of the population.Aim: To evaluate psychiatric emergencies in a 6-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to those of the corresponding period of the previous year.Methods: This monocentric observational study preliminarily collected variables of the urgent psychiatric consultations (UPCs) carried out in emergency room (ER) from 1-3-2020 to 31-8-2020 and the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who required UPCs in the 6-month period, comparing these data with those collected from 1-3-2019 to 31-8-2019. The data, collected in alpha-numeric code, were statistically analyzed through STATA 12-2011.Results: This research reported a reduction of both UPCs and hospital psychiatric admissions. Concomitantly, we observed an increase of UPCs required by people already being treated by psychiatric and other health services, residents in psychiatric facilities and non-Italians. In 2020, differently from 2019, the most frequent reasons for urgent psychiatric consultations were aggressive behavior and adjustment disorders with anxiety and depressive mood.Conclusion: This preliminary study suggests that, during the COVID-19 epidemic, urgent psychiatric consultations in ER were reduced, except for the most vulnerable people due to their clinical and/or social conditions.Keywords: psychiatric emergencies, urgent psychiatric consultations, COVID-19 pandemic
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title	Psychiatric Emergencies During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 6-Month Observational Study
title_short	Psychiatric Emergencies During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 6-Month Observational Study
title_full	Psychiatric Emergencies During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 6-Month Observational Study
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publishDate	2021
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Psychiatric Emergencies During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 6-Month Observational Study

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