COVID-19 and psychiatric admissions: An observational study of the first six months of lockdown in Melbourne

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113902

. 2021 Jun:300:113902.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113902. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

COVID-19 and psychiatric admissions: An observational study of the first six months of lockdown in Melbourne

Karuppiah Jagadheesan¹, Vijay Danivas², Quratulain Itrat², Lokesh Sekharan², Assoc Prof Vinay Lakra³

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¹ North West Area Mental Health Services, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: Karuppiah.Jagadheesan@mh.org.au.
² North West Area Mental Health Services, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia.
³ North West Area Mental Health Services, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 33799197
PMCID: PMC7986313
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113902

COVID-19 and psychiatric admissions: An observational study of the first six months of lockdown in Melbourne

Karuppiah Jagadheesan et al. Psychiatry Res. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun:300:113902.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113902. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

Authors

Karuppiah Jagadheesan¹, Vijay Danivas², Quratulain Itrat², Lokesh Sekharan², Assoc Prof Vinay Lakra³

Affiliations

¹ North West Area Mental Health Services, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: Karuppiah.Jagadheesan@mh.org.au.
² North West Area Mental Health Services, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia.
³ North West Area Mental Health Services, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 33799197
PMCID: PMC7986313
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113902

Abstract

Research on the effect of a prolonged lockdown on inpatient admissions is limited. In this background, this study was planned, and it included patients admitted to inpatient units of a large mental health network in Melbourne during the lockdown (March 16-September 16, 2020) and a similar time period in 2019. The results showed a 12% decrease in admissions. The lockdown period included patients with lower mean age and more patients with never married status, higher education status, students and patients with home duties, and certain psychiatric diagnoses. Overall, the patients needing inpatient treatment during a prolonged lockdown are different.

Keywords: COVID-19; Inpatient treatment; Lockdown.

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