Mental Health Impairment and Outpatient Mental Health Care of US Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite a federal declaration of a national child and adolescent mental health crisis in 2021, little is known about recent national trends in mental health impairment and outpatient mental health treatment of US children and adolescents.

Objective

To characterize trends in mental health impairment and outpatient mental health care among US children and adolescents from 2019 to 2021 across demographic groups and levels of impairment.

Design, setting, and participants

Survey study with a repeated cross-sectional analysis of mental health impairment and outpatient mental health care use among youth (ages 6-17 years) within the 2019 and 2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys, nationally representative surveys of US households. Race and ethnicity were parent re

SUBMITTER: Olfson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10938245 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature