Intersectional Analysis of Suicide-related Emergency Department Visits in Youth in California, 2018-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic and related anti-Asian political rhetoric had a detrimental impact on the mental health of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) youth in the United States. Our objective was to quantify trends in suicide-related emergency department (ED) encounters among AAPI youth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, using an intersectional lens of race and sex and to contextualize these trends on a timeline of political and social events (such as anti-Asian hate crimes) occurring during the same period in California.

Methods

Using data from the California State Emergency Department Database (SEDD) from 2018-2021, we evaluated changes in quarterly proportions of suicide-related ED encounters by age, race, and sex subgroups by comparing mean perce

SUBMITTER: Prichett LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12698142 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature