%0 Journal Article
%T 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.
%A Marin D
%A Di Gennaro G
%A Baracetti M
%A Zanetti R
%A Balestrieri M
%A Cogo P
%A Colizzi M
%J Psychiatry Res Commun
%V 3
%N 2
%D Jun 2023
%M 36938122
暂无%R 10.1016/j.psycom.2023.100119
%X 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.