Chief Healthcare Executive November 10, 2023
More hospitals are treating kids and teens with behavioral health issues. Lawrence Moss, CEO of Nemours Children’s Health, says the problem must be taken seriously.
More kids and teens have struggled with their mental health, and often, they are showing up in hospitals.
Lawrence Moss, president and CEO of Nemours Children’s Health, says the system has seen an increase in adolescents needing treatment at the system’s children’s hospitals for mental health issues. He said more children have needed treatment since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the problem was escalating in previous years.
“People often say, ‘COVID caused the child mental health crisis.’ Not true,” Moss tells Chief Healthcare Executive®. “There was a child health mental health crisis before...
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