Pediatric inpatient psychiatric beds needed to meet demand
Inadequate availability of pediatric psychiatric beds is partially attributed to the worsening pediatric mental health crisis, along with children who increasingly have prolonged emergency department visits while awaiting definitive mental health care, according to a research letter published online last month in JAMA Pediatrics .
Authors
- Valerie A. Canady
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mental Health Weekly
- Published
- 2024-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34178
- Primary Topic
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00