Adriana Fortea, Lydia Fortea, Marta Gómez-Ramiro, Giovanna Fico, Anna Giménez-Palomo, Maria Sagué-Vilavella, Maria Teresa Pons, Mireia Vázquez, Nuria Baldaquí, Lluc Colomer, Tábatha Maria Fernández, Felipe Gutiérrez-Arango, Maria Llobet, Ester Pujal, Luisa Lázaro, Eduard Vieta, Joaquim Radua, Inmaculada Baeza
INTRODUCTION: Increased mental health problems have been reported in children and adolescents related to the COVID-19 lockdown and its immediate aftermath, especially among adolescent females. However, the longer-term impact of persistent quarantine measures and social restrictions on this population is yet to be further explored. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We compared the number of children/adolescents admissions to the psychiatric emergency department (ED) of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona during the COVID-19 lockdown and the following year with the numbers of admissions the year before lockdown, adjusting for variations in the population...
October 5, 2023: Span J Psychiatry Ment Health