Psychiatric Hospitalizations in Times of a Pandemic: A Portuguese Experience

Tânia Patrícia Vasques Alves; António José Cardoso Carvalho; Melissa Alfafar Marques

doi:10.29315/gm.v9i2.568

Tânia Patrícia Vasques Alves - Corresponding Author

Serviço de Psiquiatria do Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Tomar, Portugal.

Tânia Patrícia Vasques Alves [tpvalves100@gmail.com]
Av. Maria de Lourdes de Mello Castro – Ap. 118, 2304-909 Tomar, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3635-544X

António José Cardoso Carvalho

Serviço de Psiquiatria do Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Tomar, Portugal.

Melissa Alfafar Marques

Serviço de Psiquiatria do Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Tomar, Portugal.

Abstract

Studies have shown that patients with psychiatric pathology exacerbated their symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic, which, together with the decrease in programmed medical activity, could lead to a greater influx of patients to psychiatric acute care units. [...]

Keywords: COVID-19; Mental Health; Pandemics; Psychiatric Department, Hospital

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Vasques Alves TP, Cardoso Carvalho AJ, Alfafar Marques M. Psychiatric Hospitalizations in Times of a Pandemic: A Portuguese Experience. Gaz Med [Internet]. 2022 Feb. 16 [cited 2025 Jan. 18];9(2):190-2. Available from: https://gazetamedica.gazetamedica.pt/index.php/gazeta/article/view/568

Issue

NUMBER 2 · VOLUME 9 · APRIL/JUNE 2022

Section

LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR