Patient visits to a psychiatric casualty clinic during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: We wished to investigate how the flow of patients to the Psychiatric Casualty Clinic in Oslo was affected during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Material And Method: All patient records from the Psychiatric Casualty Clinic in Oslo from and including 13 March 2020 up to and including 1 April 2020 were compared with the patient records from the same period in 2019. Patient visits were registered as COVID-19-related when the patient came to the clinic for an issue linked to the pandemic.

[Psychiatric treatment of deliberate self-harm in the out-of-hours services].

Background: Patients who harm themselves are often considered difficult to treat. There are no evidence-based approaches available for the emergency setting. General practitioners should nevertheless be able to offer interventions directed towards emotional needs in self-harm patients.