Faced with bottlenecks and backlogs of patients in need of emergency care, doctors say they are unequipped to handle the growing pediatric mental health crisis.
Faced with bottlenecks and backlogs of patients in need of emergency care, doctors say they are unequipped to handle the growing pediatric mental health crisis.
Making some of our most generalist doctors tackle what is probably one of the most difficult fields of medicine (psychiatry) is not a very good idea. Really want specialists for that one, so they’ve spent a few extra years studying up on and treating mental problems specifically.