Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health in Emergency Rooms and at SOS Médecins, France, 2020–21

The health, societal, and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are affecting the population’s mental health (results of the COVIPREV survey). Visits to emergency departments in the OSCOUR network (93% of all national visits) and SOS Médecins calls (95% of all national calls)—data for which has been available daily for several years—have been tracked for various mental health diagnoses since the start of the pandemic. Changes in emergency department visits, hospitalizations following visits for suicidal behavior (GS), anxiety disorders, and mood disorders (TH), as well as SOS Médecins calls for anxiety and depressive episodes in 2020, were compared to those of the two previous years, at the national and regional levels, for four age groups (<15 years, 15–44 years, 45–64 years, and 65 years and older).

2021 Conference of the French Society of Public Health: "Taking Action in Times of Uncertainty and Controversy: What Lessons Can Be Learned for Public Health?", Poitiers, 13-15 oct. 2021

Author(s): Forgeot Cécile, Pontais Isabelle, Khireddine-Medouni Imane, du Roscoät Enguerrand, Fouillet Anne, Regnault Nolwenn, Caserio-Schönemann Céline

Publishing year: 2021

Pages: 13 p.

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