Citation

Rockstroh F, Kaess M. BJPsych Open 2022; 8(6): e204.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Royal College of Psychiatrists)

DOI

10.1192/bjo.2022.606

PMID

36414573

Abstract

In the BJPsych Open Wong et al examined the influence of lockdown stringency during early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychiatric emergency presentations among children and adolescents from ten countries. Data from March and April 2019 were compared with the same time frame in 2020, with particular focus on self-harm admissions. In this editorial, the publication is summarised and potential implications for the field and future studies are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

Self-harm; COVID-19; admissions; lockdown; paediatric mental illness