Mental Health Diagnoses and Seasonal Trends at a Pediatric Emergency Department and Hospital, 2015–2019

Increasingly, youth with mental health disorders and suicidality are presenting to emergency departments (EDs) and requiring hospitalization. For youth with suicidality, studies reveal seasonal variations in frequency of presentations but do not identify associated diagnoses or whether other primary mental health complaints also reveal seasonal variations.Data were collected between January 2015 and December 2019 by a child and adolescent...