Emergency health care use and follow-up among sociodemographic groups of children who visit emergency departments for mental health crises

From the Department of Pediatrics (Newton, Rosychuk); the Department of Psychiatry (Newton); the Department of Emergency Medicine (Dong), Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (Rosychuk), Edmonton, Alta; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Curran), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Knowledge & Strategy (Slomp), Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.; IWK Health Centre (McGrath), Halifax, NS; and the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology (McGrath), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.

From the Department of Pediatrics (Newton, Rosychuk); the Department of Psychiatry (Newton); the Department of Emergency Medicine (Dong), Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (Rosychuk), Edmonton, Alta; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Curran), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Knowledge & Strategy (Slomp), Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.; IWK Health Centre (McGrath), Halifax, NS; and the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology (McGrath), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.

From the Department of Pediatrics (Newton, Rosychuk); the Department of Psychiatry (Newton); the Department of Emergency Medicine (Dong), Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (Rosychuk), Edmonton, Alta; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Curran), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Knowledge & Strategy (Slomp), Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.; IWK Health Centre (McGrath), Halifax, NS; and the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology (McGrath), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.

From the Department of Pediatrics (Newton, Rosychuk); the Department of Psychiatry (Newton); the Department of Emergency Medicine (Dong), Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (Rosychuk), Edmonton, Alta; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Curran), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Knowledge & Strategy (Slomp), Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.; IWK Health Centre (McGrath), Halifax, NS; and the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology (McGrath), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.

From the Department of Pediatrics (Newton, Rosychuk); the Department of Psychiatry (Newton); the Department of Emergency Medicine (Dong), Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (Rosychuk), Edmonton, Alta; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Curran), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Knowledge & Strategy (Slomp), Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.; IWK Health Centre (McGrath), Halifax, NS; and the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology (McGrath), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.

From the Department of Pediatrics (Newton, Rosychuk); the Department of Psychiatry (Newton); the Department of Emergency Medicine (Dong), Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (Rosychuk), Edmonton, Alta; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Curran), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Knowledge & Strategy (Slomp), Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.; IWK Health Centre (McGrath), Halifax, NS; and the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology (McGrath), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.