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Suicide-related emergency department encounters among children, teens during pandemic

JAMA Psychiatry

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in emergency department encounters among children and adolescents with suicidal thoughts or behaviors.

Authors: Kathryn K. Ridout, M.D., Ph.D., of Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland, is the corresponding author.

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(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2457)

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