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

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.

SUBMITTER: Zima BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9633407 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature