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Study: Soaring rates found among youth, adolescents seeking MH care in EDs
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32362
Subject(s) - emergency department , mental health , medicine , demography , psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , pediatrics , medical emergency , family medicine , sociology
Although the total number of emergency department (ED) visits has remained relatively stable over the past decade, the number of ED visits by children and adolescents with mental health disorders has soared, say researchers of a new study published online May 11 in Pediatrics .