Learn about specific child mental health conditions, treatments, prevention, and public health research on children’s mental health.
Emergency room visits for mental health crises are trending longer for kids.
One explanation: male heart patients "dragged to the emergency room" by their wives.
Unlike physical self-harm, digital self-harm doesn’t leave visible scars or land kids in the emergency room, which makes it easier for parents to miss.
"The only comparison that really could apply is an emergency room doctor in a natural disaster."
Take steps to stay safe to avoid injuries and life-threatening illnesses — and a trip to the emergency room during the holidays.
After an ambulance brings a confused 73-year-old man to the emergency room, a doctor has to piece together his medical condition from a few tests and his unreliable answers to her questions.
Home health can play a significant role in reducing the number of emergency room readmissions among seniors after a fall, according to a new study focused on why older adults end up back at the hos…
Obviously, if you break your leg, you’re going to head straight to the nearest emergency room. But it’s harder to know what to do when you’ve rolled your ankle, or have a nagging pain in your knee. Will you be fine with rest and ice, or do you need to get it checked out?
A sick child is every parent’s concern. Most aim to alleviate their kid’s discomfort at home and follow up with their pediatrician, but when an emergency room visit is required, that concern can become overwhelming.
Frozen turkeys and hot oil are a dangerous combination.
Avoid these mistakes and save yourself an emergency room visit.
Specific symptoms will warrant a trip to the emergency room
Go to the emergency room if flu-like symptoms worsen
“I went to the emergency room — first time I’ve been to the doctor in 20 years.”
How to treat minor cuts and burns at home—and when to head to urgent care or the emergency room
All too often fun with fireworks can turn into a trip to the emergency room or worse.
What parents should know about antibiotic side effects in children and when to take them to an emergency room is vital information.
A UW Medicine doctor and nurse manager offer advice for staying out of the emergency room and urgent care.
Researchers have found that the adoption of telemedicine in the emergency room significantly shortened average length of stay and wait time.
Knowing whether to use an urgent care center, a retail clinic, virtual care or the emergency room can make a big difference in cost.