Pediatric Mental Health Presentations and Boarding: First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Pediatric Mental Health Presentations and Boarding: First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI：
10.1542/hpeds.2022-006555
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发表时间：
2022-09-01
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通讯作者：
Sideridis, Georgios
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作者：
Ibeziako, Patricia;Kaufman, Katy;Sideridis, Georgios
目的：当患者留在急诊室或住进住院内外科单元等待被安置在精神科治疗项目中时，就会发生精神寄宿。在过去的十年里，美国的登机人数已经在增加，2019年冠状病毒大流行只会进一步深刻地影响年轻人的心理健康。目前的研究旨在描述在大流行发病后到医院就诊的儿科患者的精神诊断和寄宿情况。方法：我们对2019年3月至2021年2月所有在第一个大流行年中年龄=2天的青年进行了回顾性图表回顾。结论：这项研究突显了美国卫生保健系统在满足儿童和青少年精神卫生需求方面长期不足的脆弱性，并提出了改革儿科精神卫生保健的迫切呼吁。
OBJECTIVES: Psychiatric boarding occurs when patients remain in emergency departments or are admitted to inpatient medical/surgical units to await placement at psychiatric treatment programs. Boarding was already increasing in the United States over the past decade, and the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has only further profoundly affected the mental health of youth. The current study aims to describe psychiatric diagnoses and boarding among pediatric patients presenting to the hospital after the pandemic onset. METHODS: We performed a retrospective chart review from March 2019 to February 2021 of all youth aged = 2 days during the first pandemic year. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the vulnerability of a United States health care system that has been chronically inadequate at meeting the mental health needs of children and adolescents, and raises an urgent call to reform pediatric mental health care.