Acute mental health service use following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a trend analysis

NR Saunders, A Toulany, B Deb, R Strauss… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: The extent to which heightened distress during the COVID-19 pandemic
translated to increases in severe mental health outcomes is unknown. We examined trends …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 on psychiatric emergency and inpatient services in the first month of the pandemic in a large urban mental health hospital in Ontario …

HK Kim, AF Carvalho, D Gratzer, AHC Wong… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) as a
pandemic on March 11, 2020 (WHO). Within a couple of days, all Canadian provinces …

[HTML][HTML] Mental health-related healthcare service utilisation and psychotropic drug dispensation trends in British Columbia during COVID-19 pandemic: a population …

M Zandy, S El Kurdi, H Samji, G McKee… - General …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the population's mental health is vital
for informing public health policy and decision-making. However, information on mental …

[HTML][HTML] Mental health service utilization rates among commercially insured adults in the US during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

RK McBain, J Cantor, MF Pera, J Breslau… - JAMA Health …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with an elevated prevalence of
mental health conditions and disrupted mental health care throughout the US. Objective To …

Physician health care visits for mental health and substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

DT Myran, N Cantor, E Rhodes, M Pugliese… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Physicians self-report high levels of symptoms of anxiety and depression, and
surveys suggest these symptoms have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic …

Acute mental health presentations before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

N Mukadam, A Sommerlad, J Wright, A Smith… - BJPsych …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundA number of community based surveys have identified an increase in
psychological symptoms and distress but there has been no examination of symptoms at the …

Patterns of US Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic

S Villas-Boas, S Kaplan, JS White… - JAMA Network Open, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Numerous studies have shown that the prevalence of mental health (MH)
conditions worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further research is needed on this …

Emergency department utilization for mental health conditions before and after the COVID-19 outbreak

S Stroever, C Brett, K Michael, J Petrini - The American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The outbreak of COVID-19 disrupted lives across the United States. Evidence
shows that such a climate is deleterious to mental health and may increase demand for …

Patterns of use of secondary mental health services before and during COVID-19 lockdown: observational study

S Tromans, V Chester, H Harrison, P Pankhania… - BJPsych …, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound
impact on both the physical and mental well-being of the global population. Relatively few …

Addressing the critical need for long-term mental health data during the COVID-19 pandemic: changes in mental health from April to September 2020

CB Veldhuis, ED Nesoff, ALW McKowen, DR Rice… - Preventive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the large amounts of research currently being conducted and the high number of
editorials warning about the potential mental health impacts, there is a stunning lack of …