Key Points

Indicators of emergency room visits from the Oscour® network and SOS Médecins associations:

• Among adults, visits to emergency departments for mental health issues remain within the usual expected range;

• Among children, emergency department visits for mental health issues—which were higher than expected in 2021—do not show any unusual trends in 2022 but remain above the levels observed in 2018–2020;

• Visits to emergency departments due to suicidal ideation among those aged 11 and older have remained higher than expected since early 2022, with a sharp increase observed in May, particularly among those under 65.

• Other indicators (Oscour® or SOS Médecins) show no notable changes.

Indicators from the CoviPrev survey:

• The latest waves of the COVIPREV survey (waves 33–34) show no significant changes in the monitored indicators. In wave 34 (May 9–16, 2022):

• nearly 67% of respondents reported sleep problems over the past 8 days (+18 percentage points compared to pre-pandemic levels);

• 25% reported having anxiety disorders (+11 percentage points compared to pre-pandemic levels);

• 14% reported depressive symptoms (+4 percentage points compared to pre-pandemic levels);

• 13% of respondents reported having had suicidal thoughts in the past 12 months (+8 percentage points compared to pre-pandemic levels);

• 80% report being satisfied with their current life (-1 percentage point compared to pre-pandemic levels).

For more information:

• Mental Health: View epidemiological data for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

• Mental health: view epidemiological data 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