According to research funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, hospital visits for mental health care rose among children and teenagers during the second year of the COVID-19 epidemic. The study examined insurance claims data for over 4.1 million children and discovered a considerable rise in acute mental health care visits, including emergency department visits, especially among adolescent girls. The researchers looked at data from three different time periods: the baseline year (March 2019 to February 2020), the first year of the pandemic (March 2020 to February 2021), and the second year of the epidemic (March 2021 to February 2022). They recognized and classified mental health-related emergency department visits as depression, suicidal ideation or attempts, self-injury, anxiety disorder, and eating disorder. There were no visits for substance abuse disorders.

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