TY  - JOUR
TI  - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic Referrals  During Covid-19 Pandemic in Turkey
AB  - Background: The objective of the current study was to assess how the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic  has affected mental health services compared to the same period of the year before the pandemic. Methods: The data in the study were retrieved from the databases of the computer systems of the  hospitals. All referrals in the child psychiatry outpatient clinic between March 1 and June 30, 2019, and  between March 1 and June 30, 2020, constituted the sample.  Results: Of the 3110 referrals, 2246 were cases and 864 were repeating examinations. Of the  2246 cases, 70.5% (n=1583) were admitted in 2019, while 29.5% (n=663) were admitted in 2020. Of  the cases who referred in 2019, 37.3% (n=590) were female, while this rate was 43.9% (n=291) in  2020. The mean age of 2019 cases was found to be 9.51 ± 4.17, while the mean age of 2020 cases was  found to be 10.39 ± 4.06. While attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder,  conduct disorder, depressive disorder, panic disorder, school refusal, and sleep disorder rates increased  significantly, specific learning disorders and mental retardation rates were found to be on the decrease  in 2020. In 2019, 47.6% (n=754) of the cases were followed with medication, and in 2020, this rate  increased to 63.2% (n=419). Conclusion: Pandemic conditions affected the content of public hospital psychiatry referrals  significantly. It can be thought that the significant decrease in the number of referrals may be the  result of citizens obeying the prohibitions and the fear of disease transmission in families with the  onset of the pandemic that precedes the existing psychiatric problems of children.
AU  - Subasi, Bugu
AU  - Erdoğdu Yıldırım, Ayşe Burcu
AU  - YILDIRIM BUDAK, BURCU
AU  - Yazkan Akgül, Gözde
AU  - Yazgan, Yanki
DO  - 10.5152/pcp.2022.21335
PY  - 2022
JO  - Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology (Online)
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
SN  - 2475-0581
SP  - 140
EP  - 148
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1174636
ER  -