Mental health hospitalizations for suicide attempt or self-injury increased 41.7 percent by fall 2020, with a 49 percent increase seen among girls

At pandemic outset, significant decreases in buprenorphine prescription fills seen for Black, Hispanic patients, but not White patients

Despite relatively high rate of complications, patients report improvements in self-esteem and in seven health-related quality-of-life domains

With sustained doubling of Hispanic and Black medical students, it would take 92 and 66 years to correct deficit of physicians

Authors say findings highlight need to screen all teens for suicide risk and access to firearms