TY - JOUR
AU - Cardno, Samantha J.
AU - Sahraie, Arash
PY - 2022
DA - April
TI - The expanding backlog of mental health patients and the continued toll of zero-COVID policy on healthcare settings
JO - Medical Research Archives
VL - 10
IS - 4
DO - https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i4.2748
AB - Aim and Scope:Prior research has shown that isolation measures implemented to contain previous pandemics had led to negative impacts on mental health. There has been increased awareness of mental health issues over the past few years with more patients encouraged to seek help. Nevertheless, operational restrictions imposed on the health services to contain COVID-19 have resulted in reduced capacity in the health service. We have aimed to measure the combined effects of increased demand and reduction in capacity on the backlog of patients awaiting access to specialist care in Scotland.
PB - European Society of Medicine
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/2164/18784
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Mental health and wellbeing
ER