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

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 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 studies have measured the impact of lockdown on utilisation of secondary mental health services in England.

Aims

To describe secondary mental health service utilisation pre-lockdown and during lockdown within Leicestershire, UK, and the numbers of serious incidents during this time frame.

Method

Data pertaining to mental health referral and hospital admissions to adult mental health, child and adolescent mental health, intellectual disability and mental health services for older people were collated retrospectively from electronic records for both 8 weeks pre-lockdown and the first 8 weeks of lockdown

SUBMITTER: Tromans S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7550872 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature