At a glance: The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic brought an increase in ED visits for 5-to-17- year-olds with mental health problems, with a startling spike in visits by girls. The number of youth ED visits requiring inpatient mental health care increased, and there was a dramatic increase in the share of ED patients who waited 2 or more days to receive inpatient mental health care. The findings highlight a critical need for greater resources for youth mental health. The number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by researchers from the Department of Health Care Policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.

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