In line with previous data, though not significant, our data showed a trend toward increasing age among those referred to the ER [ 22 ].
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Mid-term psychiatric consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: a 4 months observational study on emergency room admissions for psychiatric evaluation after the (first) lockdown period in Italy.
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This discomfort could also account for the significantly higher number of admissions for psychomotor agitation and suicidal ideation/self-harm/suicide attempt, a trend already observed during the lockdown period by numerous studies [ 6 , 10 , 13 – 15 ], including our previous work, though it did not reach statistical significance [ 7 ].