NHSR 191: Emergency Department Visits Related to Mental Health Disorders Among Children and Adolescents, United States, 2018-2021
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- Authors
- Santo, L., Peters, Z., Davis, D., & DeFrances, C.
- Affiliations
- National Center for Health Statistics (US)
- ORCID
- Santo, Loredana
- Published
- 2023-10-24
- OpenAlex
- W4386364724
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2
- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- emergency department visits, mental illness, children, adolescents, child mental health, emergency department utilization
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