{"title":"[SEASONALITY, HOLIDAYS AND THE DEMAND FOR URGENT PSYCHIATRIC CARE IN ISRAEL].","authors":"Amit Yaniv-Rosenfeld, Hagai Maoz, Amir Elalouf","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The demand for urgent psychiatric services provided in emergency departments demonstrates high variability throughout the year. Seasonality and holidays may influence this demand. While these two phenomena are widely documented for mental healthcare, the unique climate and Israeli population, which is mostly Jewish, raises doubts regarding the relevance of prior results.</p>","PeriodicalId":12965,"journal":{"name":"Harefuah","volume":"162 8","pages":"496-499"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Harefuah","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: The demand for urgent psychiatric services provided in emergency departments demonstrates high variability throughout the year. Seasonality and holidays may influence this demand. While these two phenomena are widely documented for mental healthcare, the unique climate and Israeli population, which is mostly Jewish, raises doubts regarding the relevance of prior results.