Yi Chai, Kenneth K C Man, Hao Luo, Carmen Olga Torre, Yun Kwok Wing, Joseph F Hayes, David P J Osborn, Wing Chung Chang, Xiaoyu Lin, Can Yin, Esther W Chan, Ivan C H Lam, Stephen Fortin, David M Kern, Dong Yun Lee, Rae Woong Park, Jae-Won Jang, Jing Li, Sarah Seager, Wallis C Y Lau, Ian C K Wong
AIMS: Population-wide restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic may create barriers to mental health diagnosis. This study aims to examine changes in the number of incident cases and the incidence rates of mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: By using electronic health records from France, Germany, Italy, South Korea and the UK and claims data from the US, this study conducted interrupted time-series analyses to compare the monthly incident cases and the incidence of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, alcohol misuse or dependence, substance misuse or dependence, bipolar disorders, personality disorders and psychoses diagnoses before (January 2017 to February 2020) and after (April 2020 to the latest available date of each database [up to November 2021]) the introduction of COVID-related restrictions...
March 4, 2024: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences