Kids Visiting U.S. Hospitals for Mental Care Often Get No Follow-Up

Source: U.S. News and World ReportA growing number of U.S. kids are landing in hospital emergency rooms for a mental health crisis. Now a new study, published Feb. 13 in the journal Pediatrics, finds that many do not get follow-up care after they're discharged. Of more than 28,000 U.S. kids discharged from the ER for a mental health concern, only about half had a follow-up health care appointment within a month, and more than one-quarter were back in the ER within six months.