Virtual ED mental healthcare: a flash in the pan or the way of the future?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
² Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. Jennifer.Thull-Freedman@albertahealthservices.ca.

Editorial

Amanda S Newton et al. CJEM. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;25(3):181-182.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00469-3.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
² Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. Jennifer.Thull-Freedman@albertahealthservices.ca.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.

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