Suicide ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SAs) have been reported as increasing among US children over the last decade. We examined trends in emergency and inpatient encounters for SI and SA at US children's hospitals from 2008 to 2015. We used retrospective analysis of administr...
In recent decades, advances in health care research and delivery have improved our ability to prevent and treat pediatric medical conditions. For...
A 15-year-old boy with a previous traumatic brain injury arrives in the emergency department (ED) with aggressive behavior. During his ED visit and admission to the inpatient unit, the boy initially requires physical restraints and medications to treat his aggression. A thorough me...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
In response to increases in adolescent depression and suicide over the past decade, providers, health systems and professional societies are...
Editor’s Note: When we first started this adolescent health blog post series, we couldn’t have anticipated how many policies and proposals...
Depression is an important issue facing America’s teenagers that often begins in adolescence and continues into adulthood. It leads to a number...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the proportion of US children hospitalized for a primary mental health condition who are discharged to postacute care (PAC); whether PAC discharge is associated with demographic, clinical, and hospital characteristics; and whether PAC use varies by state. ...
