Second Year of Pandemic Saw Spike in Child Mental Health Visits to ED

HMS News article on new research from Haiden A. Huskamp and colleagues, first author Lindsay Overhage, finding that the number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This trend was notably driven by a surge in girls’ visits, fueling longer waits for inpatient care.

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