Girls are mainly admitted to emergency rooms due to eating disorders, self-harm, or suicide attempts
Barcelona, February 23 (European Press) –
Research conducted by Hospital Clínic and the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (Idibaps) revealed an 85% increase in adolescent admissions to the emergency department of this hospital due to mental health problems after quarantine due to the Covid epidemic.
The single-center study, published in the Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health, compares admissions to the emergency department of the clinic's child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology service during the quarantine period and the following year with the number of admissions in 2019., Idibaps reports this Friday in statement.
They analyzed 2,425 emergency room admissions from March 14, 2019 to June 21, 2021, taking into account gender, age and diagnosis: they concluded that there was a “significant” increase in admissions linked to disorders such as eating, self-harm and suicide attempts. (in that order), especially for girls.
More specialized help
The head of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Research Group (IMARD) and study author, Joachim Radua, recommended “enhancing attention in this population to provide appropriate specialized assistance, as well as strengthening prevention strategies.”
The study aimed to determine whether the increase in consultations for mental health problems in children and adolescents is due to the possibility of an accumulation of untreated cases during quarantine or to new cases, in addition to knowing the extent of the impact of these cases in the long term. The epidemic in the development of mental disorders.
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