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Mental health emergency room visits during the COVID-19 lock-down

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Mental health emergency room visits during the COVID-19 lock-downNew York City (NYC) recorded the first COVID-19 case on March 1, 2020, and soon became the epicenter of the pandemic.By March 12, 2020, a state of emergency was declared which placed the city on "pause", included mandatory stay-at-home orders, lockdown measures, social distancing policies and a reduction of in-person work of nonessential businesses.Governor Cuomo also imposed a halt on all elective care from March 22 to June 8, 2020.Such comprehensive lockdown lead to reduction in social interaction, which in conjunction with fear of disease, economic difficulties, COVID-19 related deaths among family and friends resulted in negative effects on mental health [1].We quantify changes in Emergency Department (ED) mental health visits in a large metropolitan health system, Mount Sinai, in NYC, which includes 3,360 beds among its seven hospitals, 136,528 average inpatient admissions, and 500,901 average ED visits.

Source: Preventive Medicine Reports

DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102033

Authors: Alexis Zebrowski, David Buckler, Giancarlo Garte, Emanuela Taioli

Institutions: Mount Sinai Health System, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Language: English

Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,350