Profile of paediatric mental health presentations to Australian emergency departments in 2018
Characteristics of children and adolescents presenting with mental health concerns are broadly similar between metropolitan and rural/regional EDs, but treatment characteristics differ. Frequency of family mental illness and interpersonal difficulties highlights the benefits of family focused interventions. Given similar patient profiles, equitable resourcing of rural/regional services is warranted.
Authors
- Glenn Melvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6958-3908)
- Meredith Louise Borland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5326-5008)
- Tahnee Dunlop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5560-6454)
- Mathew Coleman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9488-2777)
- Paul Buntine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4329-3117)
- Simon S. Craig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2594-1643)
- Viet Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8890-1457)
- Amit Kochar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0406-4493)
- Sandra Brownlea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5267-972X)
- Elyssia Bourke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-0955)
- Franz E Babl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1107-2187)
- Doris Tham
- Bruce J. Tonge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4236-9688)
- Shane S. George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8880-1245)
- Marietta John (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0911-996X)
- Jackson Newberry‐Dupé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7933-2133)
- Brooke Charters
- Rohan Borschmann
- Olga Gaitsgory
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- Deakin University (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- University of Southern Queensland (AU)
- Gold Coast Hospital (AU)
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (AU)
- Women's and Children's Hospital (AU)
- Monash Medical Centre (AU)
- Frankston Hospital (AU)
- Royal Hobart Hospital (AU)
- Eastern Health (AU)
- Ballarat Health Services (AU)
- Footscray Hospital (AU)
- WA Country Health Service (AU)
- Peninsula Health (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Sunshine Hospital (AU)
- Royal Darwin Hospital (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- Perth Children's Hospital
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2024-214729
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute
- Children's Hospital Foundation
- Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
- State Government of Victoria
- Suicide Prevention Australia
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council