US national and state-level prevalence of mental health disorders and disparities of mental health care use in children.
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This analysis of 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health data estimates the national and state-level prevalence of treatable mental health disorders and mental health care use in US children.
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The current trends in the number and proportion of mental health condition-related emergency department visits, along with previous research, indicate that the mental health effects of the pandemic might be particularly high among adolescent girls.
“The current trends in the number and proportion of MHC-related ED visits, along with previous research ( 1 , 2 , 4 -8 ), indicate that the mental health effects of the pandemic might be particularly high among adolescent girls.”
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The Results table (page not provided) reports higher odds of a mental health disorder among children aged 12–17 than among those aged 6–11, supporting a general concern about adolescents. It does not assess pandemic effects or emergency-department visits, and its overall disorder measure shows higher odds for boys, not girls; it therefore does not support the claim that pandemic effects might be particularly high among adolescent girls. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Whitney, D. G., & Peterson, M. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Whitney, Daniel G.
- Venue
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2019-04-01
- Volume
- 173
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 389
- ISSN
- 1072-4710 (ISSN-L)
- 2168-6203
- PMC
- PMC6450272
- OpenAlex
- W2915002343
- Cited by
- 770
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 82 · 2025: 109 · 2024: 134 · 2023: 152 · 2022: 140 · 2021: 90 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 14
- FWCI
- 91.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Michigan
- Administration for Community Living
- National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (90AR5020‐0200)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Studies
- Keywords
- child mental health, mental illness, prevalence, mental health service utilization, health disparities, state-level variation, National Survey of Children's Health
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Child, Child Health Services, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, United States, Prevalence, Healthcare Disparities
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