What is it about?
The study titled "Hospital admissions in adolescents with mental disorders in Spain over the last two decades: a mental health crisis?" examines trends in hospitalizations of adolescents aged 11–18 years with mental disorders in Spain from 2000 to 2021. It highlights a significant rise in these hospitalizations, reflecting a growing mental health crisis among young people.
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Why is it important?
The study underscores an urgent need to address the growing mental health crisis among adolescents through tailored public health policies, early interventions, and increased awareness of the factors driving this trend.
Perspectives
The perspective of the paper is focused on public health and preventative strategies, aiming to address the growing mental health crisis among adolescents in Spain. The authors adopt a data-driven, population-level approach by analyzing hospital admissions for mental disorders over a 22-year period (2000–2021). The paper takes a proactive and solution-oriented perspective, using its findings to call for urgent action in education, healthcare policy, and community support systems to mitigate the growing mental health challenges faced by adolescents.
Octavio Corral Pazos de Provens
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
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This page is a summary of: Hospital admissions in adolescents with mental disorders in Spain over the last two decades: a mental health crisis?, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-024-02543-2.
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