ArticleCommunity mental health journal2022
Emergency Department Use by Children and Youth with Mental Health Conditions: A Health Equity Agenda.
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- Admissions to paediatric medical wards with a primary mental health diagnosis: a systematic review of the literature.Archives of disease in childhood · 2024Pooled it
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- Social determinants of mental health influencing the emergency department experiences of Latinx children and adolescents with mental and behavioral health crisis and their care partners: An interpretative phenomenological analysis study.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2026Article
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- Partnering With Teens With Past Suicide-Related Crises: Development, Application and Refinement of Safety Procedures for Co-Design.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Shortening the Stay for Youths in Acute Care Hospitals: A Scoping Review of Interventions.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
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- The Roots of Problematic Polydrug Use in Emotional Problems and Suicide Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- The Behavioral Health Service Corps: An Innovative Model for Workforce Development.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Using patient journey mapping and provider workflows to understand process barriers to pediatric mental and behavioral health care in emergency departments.Applied ergonomics · 2025Article
- Emergency psychiatric care for children and adolescents: factors associated with multiple visits and hospital admissions.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Children in Mental Health Crisis: Pediatric Primary Care Providers' Role in Bridging Treatment Following Higher Levels of Care.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2025Article
- Emergency department visits for children identified as at risk of mental and behavioral conditions in the United States: an analysis of the 2019 NHIS data.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Infrastructure development in children's behavioral health systems of care: essential elements and implementation strategies.Npj mental health research · 2024Review
- "Psychiatric emergency consultations of minors: a qualitative study of professionals' experiences".BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Self-harm and suicidal behaviors in children: perspectives of mental health clinicians.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2024Article
- Prediction of emergency department revisits among child and youth mental health outpatients using deep learning techniques.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2024Article
- An Empty Scoping Review of Emergency Department to School Transition for Youth with Mental Health Concerns.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
There are growing concerns regarding the referral of children and youth with mental health conditions to emergency departments (EDs). These focus on upward trends in utilization, uncertainty about benefits and negative effects of ED visits, and inequities surrounding this form of care. A review was conducted to identify and describe available types of data on ED use. The authors' interpretation of the literature is that it offers compelling evidence that children and youth in the U.S. are being sent to EDs for mental health conditions at increasing rates for reasons frequently judged as clinically inappropriate. As a major health inequity, it is infrequent that such children and youth are seen in EDs by a behavioral health professional or receive evidence-based assessment or treatment, even though they are kept in EDs far longer than those seen for reasons unrelated to mental health. The rate of increase in these referrals to EDs appears much greater for African American and Latinx children and youth than White children and is increasing for the publicly insured and uninsured while decreasing for the privately insured. A comprehensive set of strategies are recommended for improving healthcare quality and health equity. A fact sheet is provided for use by advocates in pressing this agenda.
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