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AAP issues guidance to EDs on acute pediatric mental health conditions
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30156
Subject(s) - emergency department , mental health , medicine , psychiatry , medical emergency , family medicine
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) last month issued a call for emergency department (ED) clinicians to pay attention to pediatric patients with acute mental health or behavioral problems. The report came in two parts, one devoted to common clinical challenges and the other to side effects of psychiatric medications that may not be known to ED clinicians, as well as problems with diagnosis of somatic conditions.