Use of Acute Mental Health Care in U.S. Children's Hospitals Before and After Statewide COVID-19 School Closure Orders. Academic Article

Overview

abstract

After statewide COVID-19-related school closures in 2020, suicide or self-injury and depressive disorders were the primary drivers of acute mental health encounters in a sample of 44 U.S. children's hospitals. In fall 2020, mental health hospitalizations for suicide and self-injury rose by 41.7%, compared with fall 2019.

authors

Edgcomb, Juliet Beni

Rodean, Jonathan

Cochran, Susan D

Harle, Christopher A

Pathak, Jyotishman
Tseng, Chi-Hong
Bussing, Regina

publication date

May 25, 2022

published in

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) Journal

Research

keywords

COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control
Facilities and Services Utilization
Hospitals, Pediatric
Mental Health Services
Schools

Identity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1176/appi.ps.202100582

PubMed ID

35611510