HCPlive (6/8, Walter) reports, “As the COVID-19 pandemic continued, physician visits for individuals with postpartum mental illnesses were significantly higher than what was expected based on prepandemic data,” investigators concluded after comparing “physician visit rates for postpartum mental illness in Ontario during the pandemic with rates that were expected based on prepandemic patterns.” The findingsof the “population-based, repeated cross-sectional study” were published online June 7 in CMAJ.
Related Links:
— “Increase in Postpartum Physician Visits During COVID-19 Pandemic “Kenny Walter, HCPlive, June 8, 2021