HealthDay (9/21, Reinberg) reports, “Living within a few blocks of a shooting increases the risk that a child will end up visiting the emergency department [ED] for mental health-related problems,” investigators concluded after studying data on some 54,300 patients. The study revealed “significant increases in mental health-related” ED “visits in the two weeks after a neighborhood shooting, especially among kids who lived closest to it and those exposed to multiple shootings.” The findings were published online Sept. 20 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Related Links:
— “Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids “Steven Reinberg, HealthDay, September 21, 2021