Hospital Admissions for Personality Disorders Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Can J Psychiatry. 2023 Jun;68(6):470-472. doi: 10.1177/07067437231155999. Epub 2023 Feb 14.

Authors

Scott B Patten^{1

2}, Gina Dimitropoulos^{2

3}, Jeanne V A Williams¹, Sandy Rao³, Mina Fahim¹, Vandad Sharifi⁴, Pardis Pedram², Andrew G M Bulloch^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
³ Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; borderline personality disorder; eating disorders; mental health services.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Borderline Personality Disorder* / epidemiology
COVID-19*
Feeding and Eating Disorders*
Hospitals
Humans
Pandemics
Personality Disorders / epidemiology