Key Points

Data on emergency department visits from the OSCOUR® network

• Widespread decline in hospital emergency department activity in 2020, particularly during the first lockdown (March–April 2020)

• Overall decline in indicators related to mental health disorders in 2020 and 2021 among adults

• Increase in psychological disorders among children aged 11 to 18 from the fourth quarter of 2020 through the first half of 2021

• Increase in visits due to suicidal ideation among children from late 2020 through the first half of 2021

Data on medical procedures from the SOS Médecins associations

• General decline in activity at SOS Médecins in 2020, particularly during the first lockdown (March–April 2020)

• Increase in cases of anxiety among adults during the first lockdown in 2021

CoviPrev data

• Decrease in reported depressive disorders since the end of the third lockdown

• Slight increase in reported anxiety disorders since mid-July 2021.

Learn more

• Mental health: view the epidemiological updates for the Île-de-France region

• Mental health: view epidemiological updates for all regions

• Mental health: view national epidemiological data

• Visit our page on the CoviPrev survey, which tracks changes in behavior and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic

• Visit our "Mental Health and Covid-19" page

• View our thematic dossier on Mental Health