biostudies-literatureUnknown26(6)Prichett LM<h4>Introduction</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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 perceThe western journal of emergency medicine1611-1621https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12698142biostudies-literatureIntersectional Analysis of Suicide-related Emergency Department Visits in Youth in California, 2018-2021.PMC12698142Na AHaroz EEPrichett LMFujii-Rios HfalseIntersectional Analysis of Suicide-related Emergency Department Visits in Youth in California, 2018-2021.<h4>Introduction</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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 perce2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Nov2026-06-06T01:18:41.859Z2026-05-24T03:12:29.678ZS-EPMC126981424138005010.5811/westjem.47097