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Published on 22 de marzo de 2023 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2023.02.2675
Mental health care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in public healthcare centers of a Chilean municipality
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Admissions during the 1st semester of 2019 and 2020 by motive of consultation and proportion of cases in relation to total mental health consultations and their prevalence.
| Reason for consultation | Number of admissions in 2019 | Number of admissions in 2020 | % Total admissions according to mental health care in 2019 | % Total admissions according to mental health care in 2020 | Prevalence Mental health admissions/total admissions 2019 | Prevalence Mental health admissions/total admissions 2020 |
| Violence | 34 | 11 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Sexual abuse | 29 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.04 |
| Suicide | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.02 |
| Mild depression | 123 | 51 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Moderate depression | 215 | 90 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Severe depression | 62 | 27 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Postpartum depression | 2 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.01 | 0.1 |
| Total depression | 402 | 173 | 16.1 | 15.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Bipolar disorder | 25 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Harmful use or alcohol dependence | 80 | 27 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Harmful use or drug dependence | 64 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Hyperkinetic disorder | 87 | 34 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Oppositional defiant and oppositional dissocial disorder | 18 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Separation anxiety disorder in childhood | 5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 20 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Panic disorder with agoraphobia | 18 | 10 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Panic disorder without agoraphobia | 35 | 39 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Social phobias | 6 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Generalized anxiety disorders | 125 | 90 | 5 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Other anxiety disorders | 673 | 296 | 26.9 | 27.3 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
Healthcare in the 10 healthcare centers of Chillán.