id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-034961-4lpjo9a5 dos Santos, Bruno Pereira Is COVID-19 the current world-wide pandemic having effects on the profile of psychoactive substance poisonings? 2020-11-08 .txt text/plain 1456 66 48 For this purpose, data was gathered from cases of intoxication by the five main classes of psychoactive substances: anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, and recreational drugs, arriving at the Toxicological Information Center of Rio Grande do Sul, from March to July 2019 and from March to July 2020 ( Table 1 ). While quarantine can be effective in reducing the number of suicide attempts, the number of individual accidents has increased expressively (Table 1) , mainly associated with recreational drugs, anticonvulsants, and benzodiazepines, especially accidents with children up to 5 years old. For instance, children aged 0-5 years showed a serious increase in cases of intoxication by recreational drugs, of + 275%, followed by more than + 30% in anticonvulsants and benzodiazepines. Furthermore, individuals over 19 years old, showed a substantial increase in the consumption of recreational drugs, with + 48.0% and only + 3.0% in antipsychotics, as opposed to other classes which decreased, justifiable by a reduction in suicide attempts. ./cache/cord-034961-4lpjo9a5.txt ./txt/cord-034961-4lpjo9a5.txt