Trends in US emergency department visits for mental health, overdose, and violence outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

KM Holland, C Jones, AM Vivolo-Kantor… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, associated mitigation
measures, and social and economic impacts may affect mental health, suicidal behavior …

Changes and inequities in adult mental health–related emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US

KN Anderson, L Radhakrishnan, RI Lane… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected adult mental health (MH), with
racial and ethnic minoritized groups disproportionately affected. Objective To examine …

Emergency department utilization for substance use disorders and mental health conditions during COVID-19

AK Venkatesh, AT Janke, J Kinsman, C Rothenberg… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background As the emergency department (ED) has evolved into the de-facto site of care for
a variety of substance use disorder (SUD) presentations, trends in ED utilization are an …

Disparities in outpatient visits for mental health and/or substance use disorders during the COVID surge and partial reopening in Massachusetts

J Yang, MB Landrum, L Zhou, AB Busch - General Hospital Psychiatry, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To examine changes in outpatient visits for mental health and/or substance use
disorders (MH/SUD) in an integrated healthcare organization during the initial …

Acute mental health service use following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a trend analysis

NR Saunders, A Toulany, B Deb, R Strauss… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: The extent to which heightened distress during the COVID-19 pandemic
translated to increases in severe mental health outcomes is unknown. We examined trends …

Trends in acute care use for mental health conditions among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic

L Overhage, R Hailu, AB Busch, A Mehrotra… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Understanding how children's utilization of acute mental health care changed
during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical for directing resources. Objective To examine …

Overdose-related cardiac arrests observed by emergency medical services during the US COVID-19 epidemic

J Friedman, L Beletsky, DL Schriger - JAMA psychiatry, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| We conducted a retrospective observational analysis using the National EMS
Information System (NEMSIS), a large registry of more than 10 000 EMS agencies in 47 …

[HTML][HTML] Mental health, substance use, and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic—United States, June 24–30, 2020

MÉ Czeisler - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020 - cdc.gov
During June 24–30, 2020, US adults reported considerably elevated adverse mental health
conditions associated with COVID-19. Younger adults, racial/ethnic minorities, essential …

Physician health care visits for mental health and substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

DT Myran, N Cantor, E Rhodes, M Pugliese… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Physicians self-report high levels of symptoms of anxiety and depression, and
surveys suggest these symptoms have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic …

Clinician shortage exacerbates pandemic-fueled “mental health crisis”

BM Kuehn - JAMA, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
About a third of the patients Sterling Ransone Jr, MD, sees at his family practice in Deltaville,
Virginia, also haveamentalhealthcondition. After27years in practice, Ransone feels …