The impact of COVID-19 on suicidal ideation and alcohol presentations to emergency departments in a large healthcare system

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America. Electronic address: smallec@ccf.org.
² Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Neurological Institute, Center for Behavioral Health, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
³ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH, United States of America; Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), Rootstown, OH, United States of America.
⁵ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
⁶ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Enterprise Quality and Patient Safety, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.

Multicenter Study

Courtney M Smalley et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar:41:237-238.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.093. Epub 2020 Jun 1.

¹ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America. Electronic address: smallec@ccf.org.
² Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Neurological Institute, Center for Behavioral Health, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
³ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH, United States of America; Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), Rootstown, OH, United States of America.
⁵ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
⁶ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Enterprise Quality and Patient Safety, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.

No abstract available

Keywords: Behavioral health; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Emergency departments; Suicidal ideation.

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