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Emergency health care use and follow-up among sociodemographic groups of children who visit emergency departments for mental health crises
Amanda S. Newton, Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Kathryn Dong, Janet Curran, Mel Slomp and Patrick J. McGrath
CMAJ September 04, 2012 184 (12) E665-E674; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111697
Amanda S. Newton
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.
Rhonda J. Rosychuk
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.
Kathryn Dong
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.
Janet Curran
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.
Mel Slomp
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.
Patrick J. McGrath
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.

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Emergency health care use and follow-up among sociodemographic groups of children who visit emergency departments for mental health crises
Amanda S. Newton, Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Kathryn Dong, Janet Curran, Mel Slomp, Patrick J. McGrath
CMAJ Sep 2012, 184 (12) E665-E674; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111697