Confirmation of increased and more severe adolescent mental health-related in-patient admissions in the COVID-19 pandemic aftermath: A 2-year follow-up study.

• 发表时间: Jun 2023
• 来源期刊: Psychiatry Res Commun
• DOI: 10.1016/j.psycom.2023.100119
• PMID: 36938122
• 文章类型: Journal Article
• 作者列表: Marin D,Di Gennaro G,Baracetti M,Zanetti R,Balestrieri M,Cogo P,Colizzi M

关键词: Child and adolescent neuropsychiatry; Psychopharmacological therapy; Risk factors

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic may have affected youth\'s mental wellbeing. Youth admissions for mental health emergencies over the 2-year period following the COVID-19 outbreak (March 2020-February 2022) were compared to those occurring in the same period of 2018-2020, with reference to individual and clinical data. The study identified 30 admissions in the pre-pandemic period and 65 (+116.7%) in the post-pandemic period, with the latter being younger, less likely to have a personal psychiatric history, and more likely to receive psychopharmacological treatment. A higher likelihood of earlier, ex novo psychiatric manifestations, requiring medication to reach clinical stability, in the post-COVID era, is suggested.