This is one of the other consequences of the confinement and the coronavirus crisis: psychiatric emergencies see their consultations increase. "The resuscitation beds are emptying and this is excellent news, but ours are filling up quickly", notes Sébastien Gard, doctor at Charles-Perrens hospital in Bordeaux. So much so that the establishment had to extend the hours of its consultations and even move beds for new patients. "We had to adapt to the emergency by creating a new unit," he continues.
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Many primary hospitalizations
According to Sébastien Gard, the relapse of certain patients was predictable and can be explained by the stress conditions created by the coronavirus crisis. But he also noted an increase in primary hospitalizations in people who were not known to have a chronic pathology. "It is as if this crisis had served to reveal certain weaknesses that may concern us all. We have people who are discovering the world of psychiatric hospitalization for the first time," explains the doctor from Bordeaux.
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The situations of the patients are also diverse. "There are addictions that resume, many problems of depression and anxiety, but also delusional episodes revolving around the virus and the health crisis. The clinical pictures are very heterogeneous," concludes Sébastien Gard.