Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · Aug 2015
Predicting time to emergency department return for anxiety disorders and acute stress reactions in children and adolescents: a cohort study.
While studies indicate that few children with anxiety disorders receive specialized mental health care, significant knowledge gaps exist for the mental health care trajectory outside of specialized care. We examined whether physician-based care after an emergency department (ED) visit for mental health care predicted time to ED return. ⋯ Following an index visit, ED return by children with anxiety disorders or acute stress reactions is associated with specific characteristics of subsequent physician visits. Improving physician use of evidence-based treatment and family access to coordinated services may reduce costly hospital-based care.