The NBC News (11/2, Fox) website reported, “An increasing number of children are showing up in U.S. emergency” departments “in the throes of a mental health crisis, researchers reported Friday.”
HealthDay (11/2, Mozes) reported that the increase appears to be “most dramatic among minorities,” research indicated. In the time frame “between 2012 and 2016, overall admissions shot up 50 percent in the” US, the study found. In fact, “more than 293,000 children – who were an average age of just over 13 – had been diagnosed for some type of mental illness in a pediatric emergency” department setting, the study revealed. The findings were slated for presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference.
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— “More kids are showing up in ERs with mental health crises, “Maggie Fox, NBC News, November 02, 2018.