Table 3.

Characteristics of psychiatric consultations by period and year.

		Lockdown period					Post-lockdown period
		2019		2020			2019		2020
		No.	%	No.	%	p-value	No.	%	No.	%	p-value
Admitted to GHPU		740	38.3%	441	36.6%	0.318	465	37.1%	513	49.8%	<0.001
Compulsory admission		109	5.6%	87	7.2%	0.075	67	5.3%	82	8.0%	0.011
Diagnosis made by the psychiatrist						<0.001					0.001
	No psychiatric disorder	26	1.3%	31	2.6%	*	15	1.2%	17	1.7%
	Psychotic episode	241	12.5%	143	11.9%		155	12.4%	136	13.3%
	(Hypo)manic agitation	95	4.9%	36	3.0%	*	48	3.8%	57	5.6%	*
	Psychomotor agitation	449	23.3%	287	23.8%		316	25.2%	241	23.5%
	Depression	205	10.6%	81	6.7%	*	112	8.9%	94	9.2%
	Anxiety	384	19.9%	262	21.7%		255	20.3%	149	14.5%	*
	Adjustment disorder/Distress	76	3.9%	30	2.5%	*	53	4.2%	42	4.1%
	Suicidal ideation/attempt	211	10.9%	133	11.0%		123	9.8%	131	12.8%	*
	Substance use disorders	133	6.9%	111	9.2%	*	113	9.0%	88	8.6%
	Delirium	42	2.2%	24	2.0%		29	2.3%	19	1.9%
	Other	69	3.6%	67	5.6%	*	35	2.8%	51	5.0%	*
Suicidality						0.004					0.003
	Absent/non-detectable	1502	83.2%	1046	86.7%	*	944	85.0%	739	79.3%	*
	Ideation or plans	179	9.9%	78	6.5%	*	91	8.2%	108	11.6%	*
	Suicide attempt	124	6.9%	83	6.9%		75	6.8%	85	9.1%	*
Pharmacological treatment
	Neuroleptics	240	12.4%	212	17.6%	<0.001	170	13.6%	180	17.5%	0.010
	Lithium/mood stabilizers	165	8.5%	106	8.8%	0.818	102	8.1%	93	9.0%	0.446
	Antidepressants	211	10.9%	94	7.8%	0.004	135	10.8%	112	10.9%	0.934
	Benzodiazepines	665	34.4%	465	38.5%	0.020	416	33.2%	421	40.9%	<0.001
	Ketamine/propofol/ midazolam	108	5.6%	52	4.3%	0.111	70	5.6%	42	4.1%	0.098

^*Significant post-hoc pairwise comparisons.