Southwestern Public Health study shows indirect impact pandemic had on mental health, other issues
Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) sheds light on the indirect health impacts COVID-19 has had on the community regarding mental health, unemployment, and other effects.The report SWPH, which covers the Elgin County, Oxford County, and St.
Thomas communities, shows that during the pandemic, the number of calls to St. Thomas police for mental health season almost doubled from 1,300 calls in 2019 to 2,200 calls in 2020.Researchers also found an increase in both the number of sharps returned to the health unit through the needle and syringe program and emergency department visits related to opioid poisonings, mainly among those between the ages of 25 to 64.
Toronto Board of Health report outlines pandemic impact on children, young people “The emphasis of the health care system during much of 2020 and 2021 was to reduce transmission of the COVID-19 virus and prevent hospitalizations and deaths,” says Carolyn Richards, program manager of Foundational Standards.“The impact of this pandemic is bigger than the virus alone, the things that we’re so familiar with about the illness and the hospitalizations and deaths, and there’s also all of these other impacts that came along with it and that have affected our community.”Richards says the impact on mental health is also seen in the number of emergency room visits related to self-harm.“This is one that we saw stay flat in 2020 when all other visits decreased, so we would have expected it to decrease.
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