Youth mental health care use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Canada: an interrupted time series, population-based study.

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health · 2024 · PMC11317004 · PMID 39127668

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3 ), health care use for schizophrenia disorders showed a trend increase across the pandemic (+ 2.92 per month; p < 0.0001) and a delayed start to increasing in the pandemic (− 18.31; p < 0.0001).

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Service use for anxiety disorders had a drop at the start of the pandemic (− 256.59; p < 0.01), with a near significant trend increase across the pandemic (+ 7. 45 per month; p = 0.052).

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Of interest, while substance use decreased for youth seen by general physicians, it showed an increasing trend for youth seen by psychiatrists.

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