Mental health-related visits in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Florence Askenazy¹  Arnaud Fernandez¹  Morgane Gindt¹  Phillipe Babe² 

[1] Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, 57, Avenue de la Californie, 06200, Nice, France;Université Côte d’Azur, CoBTek, Nice, France;Pediatric Emergency Department, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, 57, Avenue de la Californie, 06200, Nice, France;

关键词: COVID-19 pandemic;    Child and adolescent psychiatry;    Mental health;    Pediatric emergency department visits;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12245-021-00387-0

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

We aimed to describe the epidemiology of all pediatric emergency department visits (focusing on mental health-related visits versus total visits) at the University Children’s Hospital of Nice (France) from 1 January to 31 December 2020 (year of the COVID-19 pandemic) and to compare it with the earlier 3-year period. The increase in mental health-related visits (44.2%) that we observed, while total visits decreased (30.0%), suggests an impact of the pandemic on children’s and adolescents’ mental health.

【 授权许可】

CC BY