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cord-278413-vad80mg5	Goldenberg, Matthew N.	Psychiatric emergency department volume during Covid-19 pandemic	2020-06-01		.txt	text/plain	881	58	63	title: Psychiatric emergency department volume during Covid-19 pandemic One commonly reported phenomenon in the first months of the Covid-19 era in the United States has been the reduction in emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations of patients with heart attacks, strokes and other acute, non-Covid illnesses. The psychiatric emergency service (PES) is staffed 24 hours per day and treats patients 16 years and older. At YNHH, PES and overall ED volumes for January, February and early March 2020 were similar to prior years (see Table 1 ). PES volume decreased less than overall ED volume, suggesting that patients may be less willing or able to defer their need for acute psychiatric care as opposed to other acute medical care. That the rate of hospitalization of psychiatric patients was just slightly higher than prior years may indicate that the overall acuity in PES was similar to previous years.	./cache/cord-278413-vad80mg5.txt	./txt/cord-278413-vad80mg5.txt