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| Title: | Mental Health-Related Emergency Department Visits in Adolescents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicentric Retrospective Study | ||||
| Authors: | Chadi N, Spinoso-Di Piano C, Osmanlliu E, Gravel J, Drouin O | ||||
| Link: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34462192/ | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.07.036 | ||||
| Publication: | The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine | ||||
| Keywords: | Adolescent; COVID-19; Eating Disorder; Emergency department; Hospitalization; Mental Health; Suicidality; | ||||
| PMID: | 34462192 | Category: | Date Added: | 2021-08-31 | |
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1 Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. 2 Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. 3 Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. 4 Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. 5 Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: o.drouin@umontreal.ca. |
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare pre/post-COVID-19 changes in mental health-related emergency department visits among adolescents. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of all mental health-related emergency department visits in two large tertiary pediatric hospital centers between January 2018 and December 2020. We described monthly pre/post-COVID-19 changes in frequency and proportion of mental health visits as well as changes in hospitalization rates for eating disorders, suicidality, substance use, and other mental health conditions. Results: We found an increase in the proportion of mental health-related emergency department visits during the months of July-December 2020 (p < .01). There was a 62% increase in eating disorder visits between 2018-2019 and 2020 (p < .01). No pre pandemic/postpandemic changes were found in the proportion of visits resulting in hospitalization for any of the four diagnostic categories. Conclusions: Our study suggests significant impacts of COVID-19 on adolescent mental health and a need for further longitudinal research work in this area. |



