"Most Teens Who Self-Harm Are Not Evaluated for Mental Health in ER"

Former Member 2/18/127:39 PM

The nation's emergency rooms are swamped. Not only responsible for treating life threatening disease and injury, they have become the primary source of health care for the uninsured. Like the nation's schools, we must increasingly rely on ERs to take on more responsibility than they were originally designed to address.

An article from MSN Health highlights the need to screen teens in the ER for suicide following a deliberate self-injury, since the risk of suicide is highest after such injuries. Unfortunately, most teens are not only not being screened, they are not receiving follow-up care.

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Jane StevensPublisher, ACEsTooHigh; founder, PACEs Connection

Interesting, Laura. And here's another study that shows young people aren't receiving the services they need:

Less than one in four college students with symptoms of serious depression receives adequate treatment. Current health care services on campus might not be sufficient for delivering good quality mental health care, according to a new study in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry. -- Health Behavior News Service

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