Recommendations include increase in research funding to screen and identify those at risk, connect with resources
Accidents and behavioral disturbances most common reasons for visits among patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias
6.7 percent increase seen in youth with any mental health emergency department visit, and larger increase (22.1 percent) seen for female teens
Mean weekly cannabis-involved emergency department visits higher during 2020, 2021, 2022 than corresponding periods in 2019
Most patients with emergency department visit for nonfatal opioid overdose were men; most frequent drugs reported were fentanyl and heroin
Rate of acute care related to cannabis use during pregnancy increased from 11.0 to 20.0 per 100,000 pregnancies from before versus after legalization
Decreases observed in weekly emergency department visits for mental health conditions, suicide-related behaviors, drug overdoses by fall 2022 versus 2021
2011 to 2020 saw increase in all mental health-related visits, with greatest increase seen for suicide-related visits
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved OTC Narcan nasal spray last month to be sold without a prescription
Increases also seen for coprescribing with opioids