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Psychiatric comorbidities, chemical restraint use, public insurance tied to emergency revisits; substance use disorders associated with lower likelihood of revisits.

A study shows that parents and caregivers run to the emergency rooms again and again, to seek help to subdue their agitated and aggressive teens.

Pediatric mental health emergency department visits are increasing, and markers of severe disease and health care access are associated with mental health revisits.

TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatric mental health emergency department visits are increasing, and markers of severe disease and health care access are associated with mental health revisits,

Many parents bring children to emergency rooms to manage aggressive behaviors. But the visits offer little long-term benefit, doctors said.