ArticlePediatric emergency care2025
Suicide Prevention and Telehealth in Children's Hospital Emergency Departments.
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- Current and Desired Behavioral Health Resources for Children: A Survey of Illinois Emergency Departments.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026Article
- Impact of telemental health on suicide prevention care in U.S. emergency departments.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesSuicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents. Emergency department (ED) visits for mental health concerns are rising, and telehealth is increasingly used to provide emergency mental health care. We conducted a national survey to describe suicide prevention practices and tele-mental health care in children's hospital EDs.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey of leaders at all 52 US EDs affiliated with dedicated children's hospitals (ie, hospitals that provide care only to children) to describe use of tele-mental health care and suicide prevention practices.
resultsLeaders from 41 EDs completed the survey (79% response rate). Tele-mental health care was used in 23 EDs (56%); there were no differences in ED structural characteristics between institutions with telehealth versus without telehealth. Among responding EDs, 40 (98%) reported they screen for suicide risk, and 29 (71%) reported they use a standardized approach to suicide prevention discharge planning. Risk reduction practices conducted at many but not all EDs included assessment of access to lethal means (n = 31, 86%), counseling on reduction of access to lethal means (n = 30, 73%) and providing patients with a list of professionals or agencies that they can contact in a crisis (n = 35, 85%). There were no differences in use of suicide prevention practices at EDs with versus without telehealth ( P > 0.1 for all).
conclusionsApproximately half of children's hospital EDs use tele-mental health care, and hospitals with versus without tele-mental health care report similar rates of suicide prevention practice use. Opportunities exist to increase use of discharge safety practices.
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