Even with outpatient mental care, children seek help at ED

A study in the journal Psychiatric Services found that 12% of 2,903 children ages 3 to 17 had a repeat visit to the emergency department six months after their first trip, even though 71% of them had outpatient mental health providers at the time of their first ED trip and 85% at the time of their second. Most patients sought ED care for behavioral or minor psychiatric problems, according to the study.

Severe psychotic episodes accounted for only 3% of the visits, while suicide attempts accounted for 10%, researchers found. Read more from the Wall Street Journal here.