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Emergency department visits and revisits in children’s hospitals that are related to mental health are “increasing rapidly,” a new study suggests. Between 2015 and 2020, mental health visits ...
A 14-year-old spent more than four weeks in an emergency room in a community with no beds for a teen with mental health needs. The two boys are among more than 140 examples described by emergency ...
Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old aspiring musician, was reportedly suffering from a mental health crisis when he was placed under an emergency custody order. But like many others before him ...
A new study found that about 45 percent of patients who visit the emergency department for physical injuries and ailments also have mental health and substance use problems that are often overlooked.
The proportion of teen girls visiting emergency rooms in mental health crisis rose 22 percent in the pandemic’s second year, while the proportion of teen boys visiting declined. By Ellen Barry ...
The system is cracking in a demonstration of the mental health care safety net's systemic failings, the American College of Emergency Physicians and 30 other industry groups wrote in a letter sent ...
If you are dealing with someone who is experiencing a mental health emergency, here are some steps to take, according to several specialists interviewed Wednesday by the Free Press: If someone ...
(WTVF) — It's hard to get mental health treatment even if you have insurance. But a NewsChannel 5 investigation has found people without health insurance can wait days in Emergency Departments ...