Spike in child mental health visits to ED --study

Second year of COVID pandemic brought spike in child mental health visits to ED The number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study ... Science X

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These results come amidst growing national concern about a crisis in youth mental health and provide important new details about how young people with mental health problems such as self-harm and suicide attempts are using acute medical services.

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