Mental Health Symptom Screening Among Adult Emergency Department Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Over half of ED patients screened positive for elevated symptoms. These findings underscore the epidemiologic burden of mental health symptoms in the ED and highlight the potential value of further research into brief, systematic screening during ED visits to identify and connect patients with appropriate mental health resources.
Authors
- Andrew K. Littlefield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4725-1152)
- Jennifer A. Frey
- Robert Braun
- Jon E. Sprague
- Michael V. Pantalon
- Caroline E. Freiermuth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9901-8419)
- Rachel M. Ancona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6514-0897)
- Dan Petrovitch
- Daniel Bachmann
- Jason J. Bischof
- Elizabeth Hutzel-Dunham
- Amanda Carroll
- Brittany E. Punches
- Michael S. Lyons
- Jennifer L. Brown
- Jacob Langkiet
- Katie P. Himes
- Joshua Lambert
Institutions
- Texas Tech University (US)
- Long Island University (US)
- Bowling Green State University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100312
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00