Reuters (3/18, Rapaport) reports a study suggests “the number of young people visiting U.S. emergency rooms with psychiatric problems is rising, driven largely by a surge in teens and minority youth seeking urgent help for mental illnesses.” The study found a 28 percent increase between 2011 and 2015 among young people aged six to 24 visiting psychiatric emergency departments.
HealthDay (3/18, Mozes) reports the findings were published online March 18 in the journal Pediatrics.
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— “More U.S. youth seeking help during psychiatric emergencies, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, March 18, 2019