Abstract
Objective To evaluate age, gender and disease-specific trends in ED for mental health presentations over 15 years. Methods The study population consisted of residents of metropolitan Perth, Western Australia, presenting to Perth ED between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2017. Population rates of mental health-related ED presentations per year were calculated. Results Rates of mental health ED presentations are significantly increasing in the working-age population for those with stress and anxiety-related diagnoses, particularly in younger females, and also for alcohol-related presentations for those aged 10-49 years, particularly in males. Conclusion The present study demonstrates that increased rates of mental health-related ED presentations are driven by increased rates of presentation for stress and anxiety-related and alcohol-related presentations in both genders across the working-age population.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Emergency Medicine Australasia |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 1 Jul 2019 |
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Anxiety and alcohol in the working-age population are driving a rise in mental health-related emergency department presentations : 15 year trends in emergency department presentations in Western Australia. / Yap, Matthew; Tuson, Matthew; Whyatt, David; Vickery, Alistair.
In: Emergency Medicine Australasia, 01.07.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Anxiety and alcohol in the working-age population are driving a rise in mental health-related emergency department presentations
T2 - 15 year trends in emergency department presentations in Western Australia
AU - Yap, Matthew
AU - Tuson, Matthew
AU - Whyatt, David
AU - Vickery, Alistair
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Objective To evaluate age, gender and disease-specific trends in ED for mental health presentations over 15 years. Methods The study population consisted of residents of metropolitan Perth, Western Australia, presenting to Perth ED between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2017. Population rates of mental health-related ED presentations per year were calculated. Results Rates of mental health ED presentations are significantly increasing in the working-age population for those with stress and anxiety-related diagnoses, particularly in younger females, and also for alcohol-related presentations for those aged 10-49 years, particularly in males. Conclusion The present study demonstrates that increased rates of mental health-related ED presentations are driven by increased rates of presentation for stress and anxiety-related and alcohol-related presentations in both genders across the working-age population.
AB - Objective To evaluate age, gender and disease-specific trends in ED for mental health presentations over 15 years. Methods The study population consisted of residents of metropolitan Perth, Western Australia, presenting to Perth ED between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2017. Population rates of mental health-related ED presentations per year were calculated. Results Rates of mental health ED presentations are significantly increasing in the working-age population for those with stress and anxiety-related diagnoses, particularly in younger females, and also for alcohol-related presentations for those aged 10-49 years, particularly in males. Conclusion The present study demonstrates that increased rates of mental health-related ED presentations are driven by increased rates of presentation for stress and anxiety-related and alcohol-related presentations in both genders across the working-age population.
KW - alcohol drinking
KW - anxiety
KW - emergency service
KW - hospital
KW - mental health
KW - psychological
KW - stress
KW - PREVALENCE
KW - DISORDERS
U2 - 10.1111/1742-6723.13342
DO - 10.1111/1742-6723.13342
M3 - Article
JO - Emergency Medicine
JF - Emergency Medicine
SN - 1742-6723
ER -