Oregon Kids in Mental Health Crisis Face Prolonged ER Stays
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A study by OHSU reveals that many children in mental health crises are experiencing prolonged stays of 3-7 days in emergency rooms due to a lack of appropriate treatment facilities, highlighting a nationwide issue with insufficient mental health resources and systemic fragmentation, especially affecting Medicaid-covered children.
- Thousands of kids in mental distress are stuck in ERs for days, OHSU study finds OregonLive.com
- Children in a mental health crisis can spend days languishing in the ER NPR
- Increase in Pediatric Emergency Visits for Suicide Risk Medscape
- Oregon youths in crisis are often warehoused in hospital emergency rooms, study finds The Lund Report
- In Oregon and Beyond, Many Kids in Mental Health Crises Come to the ER—And Languish Willamette Week
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