Mental health hospitalizations involving young people in Quebec on the rise May 13, 2021 By Jacob Serebrin MONTREAL — The number of Quebecers aged 12 to 17 admitted to hospital for mental health reasons following an emergency room visit increased 40 per cent in January and February over the same period last year. That’s according to a new report by a provincial health research institute, which looked at mental health-related emergency room visits and hospital admissions involving adolescents during the pandemic. Dr. Martin Gignac, director of pediatric psychiatry at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, said the facility doesn’t have enough resources to deal with the “wave” of mental health consultation involving children, adding that he is forced to find room for patients on the medical and surgical wards.