MedPage Today (3/28, DePeau-Wilson) reports, “Pediatric hospitalizations for mental health diagnoses increased significantly from 2009 to 2019, with most cases in 2019 involving attempted suicide or self-injury,” investigators concluded in “a retrospective analysis” that included “over 200,000 pediatric hospitalizations.” The analysis revealed that “the proportion of those involving attempted suicide, suicidal ideation, or self-injury diagnoses significantly increased from 30.7% in 2009 to 64.2% in 2019,” and “the overall number of mental health hospitalizations increased by 25.8% over this time period.” The findings were published online March 28 in JAMA. HealthDay (3/28, Reinberg) also covers the study.
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