Improving the medical response to kids experiencing a mental health crisis

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of pediatric patients being admitted to Cook Children’s Medical Center for mental health symptoms hit record levels. This resulted in a need for innovative ways to care for patients in a safe and compassionate manner. On this episode of Raising Joy, Jennifer Horn, RN, and Alex Fejer, RN, from Cook Children’s introduce us to two solutions they helped create, including a new screening tool focused on keeping young patients at ease. They also tell us about the new behavioral emergency response team that was formed to help keep patients and medical staff safe during mental health crises.