Equity in Emergency Mental Health Care

Over the past 2 decades, young people have increasingly sought acute mental health care in emergency departments (EDs).1,2 In this issue of Pediatrics, Nash et al3 examine ED length of stay for children with mental health conditions. They draw on 10 years of data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2005–2015) to compare length of stay for visits with and without a mental health diagnosis. In their sample, 4.9% of pediatric...