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cord-254621-ub7ynjai	Hoyer, Carolin	Decreased utilization of mental health emergency service during the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-06-09		.txt	text/plain	1391	55	38	We present an early study from a German psychiatric hospital to assess the dynamics of mental health emergency service utilization rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results show that the numbers of emergency presentations decreased, and a positive correlation between these numbers and mobility of the general public suggests an impact of extended measures of social distancing. This retrospective study aimed to quantify the dynamics of mental health emergency service utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic and to assess a potential impact of the partial lockdown in Germany. This study identified a decrease of mental health emergency service utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic and for the first time extends observations made in other specialties [2, 3] to psychiatry. The correlation of lower service utilization rates and decreased population mobility moreover suggests an impact of extended measures of social distancing on patients' willingness to seek help for mental health problems through in-hospital consultations.	./cache/cord-254621-ub7ynjai.txt	./txt/cord-254621-ub7ynjai.txt