Why are so many more adolescents presenting to our emergency departments with mental health problems?

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC susan.sawyer@rch.org.au.
² Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

Editorial

Susan M Sawyer et al. Med J Aust. 2018.

. 2018 May 7;208(8):339-340.

doi: 10.5694/mja18.00213.

¹ Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC susan.sawyer@rch.org.au.
² Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

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Keywords: Adolescent psychiatry; Child psychiatry; Emergency services, psychiatric; Mental health policy.

Comment on

Paediatric mental and physical health presentations to emergency departments, Victoria, 2008-15.
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Presentations to NSW emergency departments with self-harm, suicidal ideation, or intentional poisoning, 2010-2014.
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