TY - JOUR PY - 2024// TI - A retrospective case review of young people referred for paediatric critical care transport following self-harm or a suicide attempt, 2015-2022 [letter] JO - Archives of disease in childhood A1 - Borkett-Jones, Caroline A1 - Thakur, Nitin A1 - Roy, Prithwish A1 - Clayton-Payne, Ali A1 - Erdunast, Anna A1 - Wilkinson, Simon A1 - Mehta, Hiren A1 - Jones, Andrew J. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 -

Mental health-related admissions to paediatric wards are increasing.1 The COVID-19 lockdown may have been a catalyst, with evidence suggesting that childhood depression increased during this period,2 but the mental health of the UK’s children and young people has been deteriorating since before the pandemic.3 The reasons behind this trend are likely to be complex and manifold; however, there has been speculation about the potential negative effects of social media and smartphones.4 In response to concerns from paediatric critical care staff that the number of young people being referred following a suicide attempt or self-harm episode appeared to be on the rise, a case review was undertaken. Between 2015 and 2021, The …

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LA - en SN - 0003-9888 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-326419 ID - ref1 ER -