Rachel H B Mitchell, Alene Toulany, Hannah Chung, Eyal Cohen, Longdi Fu, Rachel Strauss, Simone N Vigod, Therese A Stukel, Kimberly Moran, Astrid Guttmann, Paul Kurdyak, Azmina Artani, Monica Kopec, Natasha R Saunders
BACKGROUND: Youth have reported worsening mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to evaluate rates of pediatric acute care visits for self-harm during the pandemic according to age, sex and mental health service use. METHODS: We conducted a population-based, repeated cross-sectional study using linked health administrative data sets to measure monthly rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions for self-harm among youth aged 10-17 years between Jan...
September 18, 2023: Canadian Medical Association Journal: CMAJ