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Pediatric mental health crisis skyrocketed and persisted during the pandemic - Earth News Report
Mental health crises among children and adolescents requiring emergency department care skyrocketed during the pandemic and have stayed elevated despite a return to normalcy, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics on Oct. 20, compared rates of pediatric mental health visits in the emergency