Emergency department use by children and youth with mental health conditions: a health equity agenda

MA Hoge, J Vanderploeg, M Paris Jr, JM Lang… - … Mental Health Journal, 2022 - Springer
There are growing concerns regarding the referral of children and youth with mental health
conditions to emergency departments (EDs). These focus on upward trends in utilization …

Innovative directions to advance mental health disparities research

CL Barksdale, E Pérez-Stable… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Disparities in mental health have persisted or worsened despite our awareness of their
existence, increased understanding of their causes, and efforts at reduction and mitigation …

Optimizing pediatric patient safety in the emergency care setting

MM Joseph, P Mahajan, SK Snow, BC Ku… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND Over the last decade, patient safety, which is defined as the prevention of
harm to patients, 1 has become a key priority for health care systems because of increased …

Continuity of mental health care at community health centers and reduced emergency department visits for suicidal ideation/self-harm

A Das, P Singh, T Bruckner - Community mental health journal, 2021 - Springer
We examined whether county-level increases in continuity of mental health care (ie, mental
health visits per mental health patient) at Community Health Centers (CHCs) correspond …