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Hospital Visits for Children With Mental Health Issues Rise Dramatically

  • May 25, 2020

Even though pediatric emergency department visits in the U.S. have remained level over the past 10 years, visits for mental health disorders have risen 60% while children’s visits for deliberate self-harm increased 329%. The 10-year study period involving children 5 to 17 years old showed rural settings are ill-equipped for pediatric emergencies, and only one-third of those facilities have children’s mental health policies or mental health transfer agreements in place, leading...