Utilization of mental health services in pediatric patients surviving penetrating trauma resulting from interpersonal violence

Violent trauma has lasting psychological impacts. Our institution's Community Violence Response Team (CVRT) offers mental health services to trauma victims. We characterized implementation and determined factors associated with utilization by pediatric survivors of interpersonal violence-related penetrating trauma.

Source: American Journal of Surgery - July 6, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Miriam Y. Neufeld, Megan G. Janeway, Su Yeon Lee, Matthew I. Miller, Erin A. Smith, Bindu Kalesan, Lisa Allee, Tracey Dechert, Sabrina E. Sanchez Source Type: research