The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental and psychiatric service utilization in Iran: a 7-year longitudinal study from 2017 to 2024.

BMC Psychiatry · 2026 · PMC13237971 · PMID 42026587

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The findings indicate that the baseline level of emergency mental health visits before COVID-19 was 198.37, with a positive trend (slope of 12.2) that was significant.

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