A growing number of children in mental health crises are spending days, sometimes nearly a week, in hospital emergency rooms because there is nowhere else for them to go, a new study has found. In a report published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University examined Medicaid claims data from 44 states covering more than 255,000 pediatric emergency room visits for mental health conditions in 2022. They found that about 12% of those visits, or over 30,000, resulted in children being “boarded” in the emergency room for three to seven days while waiting for placement in proper treatment programs. Read more at the link in our bio. 📸: OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks #ohsustudy #oregonhealthandscienceuniversity #mentalhealthcare #youthmentalhealthcare #youthmentalhealth #theoregonian #oregon #portland #portlandoregon