Asian American, Black, and Hispanic populations underrepresented compared with U.S. population demographics
Screen time increased 1.75 hours per day early in pandemic and remained 1.11 hours higher per day
Following emergency department discharge, 31.2 and 55.8 percent of children had outpatient visit within seven and 30 days, respectively
Pediatric mental health visits with length of stay >12 and >24 hours accounted for 20.9 and 7.3 percent of all visits
Psychiatric comorbidities, chemical restraint use, public insurance tied to emergency revisits; substance use disorders associated with lower likelihood of revisits
No significant association observed between average annual emergency department volume and restraint use
Trauma associated with increased odds of anxiety disorders and any psychiatric disorder at age 6 years
77 percent of the cases of pediatric exposure reported to U.S. poison control centers were for unintentional exposure
Increase started in 2019 and continued through pandemic; hospitalizations increased 57 percent between Fall 2019 and Fall 2020
Authors say routine screening for these symptoms may be beneficial in clinical practice