Psychiatric Admissions, Referrals, and Suicidal Behavior Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Denmark: A Time-Trend Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the patterns in psychiatric admissions, referrals, and suicidal behavior before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This study utilized health records from hospitals and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) covering 46% of the Danish population (n = 2,693,924). In a time-trend study, we compared the number of psychiatric in-patients, referrals to mental health services and suicidal behavior in years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic to levels during the first lockdown (March 11 - May 17, 2020), inter-lockdown period (May 18 - December 15, 2020), and second lockdown (December 16, 2020 - February 28, 2021).

Results

During the pandemic, the rate of psychiatric in-patients declined compared to pre-pandemic levels (RR = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.94 - 0.96, p < 0.

SUBMITTER: Romer TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8652698 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature