Rates of follow-up after acute mental health service use in younger individuals were suboptimal, but improving involvement with outpatient mental health care providers may increase rates, per a new study published in Psychiatric Services.
“When we look at the numbers of young adults and adolescents that are struggling with behavioral health issues, the data trend is disturbing nationwide, and suicidality is increasing,” Brian Skehan, MD, PhD, co-author and assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, said in an American Psychiatric