Psychiatric Emergency Rates during the Christmas Season in the Years 1991 to 1997

Psychiatric Emergency Rates during the Christmas Season in the Years 1991 to 1997

We compared the number of psychiatric admissions from the emergency room during the Christmas season, defined as the rate for the month of December, with those in other months. The psychiatric emergency rates were recorded for each month over six consecutive years, 1991 to 1997. The average number o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychological reports 1999-10, Vol.85 (2), p.403-404
Hauptverfasser: Velamoor, Varadaraj R., Cernovsky, Zack Z., Voruganti, Lakshmi P.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Emergency Services, Psychiatric - statistics & numerical data
Holidays
Humans
Ontario - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Seasons
Stress, Psychological - psychology
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Zusammenfassung:We compared the number of psychiatric admissions from the emergency room during the Christmas season, defined as the rate for the month of December, with those in other months. The psychiatric emergency rates were recorded for each month over six consecutive years, 1991 to 1997. The average number of emergency patients in none of the 12 months differed significantly from any of the remaining months (ANOVA, p > .05). Our data and those of other authors do not support the clinical lore that Christmas season is associated with higher rate of psychiatric emergencies
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/pr0.1999.85.2.403