Trends in Pediatric Emergency and Inpatient Healthcare Use for Mental and Behavioral Health Among North Carolinians During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic.
Rachel SielatyAngelique E BoutzoukasKanecia O ZimmermanBria CaisonCatherine O CharlesTaran CoyneSmithToni DardenRobert A OvermanDaniel K BenjaminM Alan BrookhartPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2023)
In the early pandemic, pediatric mental health care and acute suicidal crises accounted for increased proportions of emergency care. During pandemic recovery, understanding the populations most impacted and increasing access to preventative mental health care is critical.