Anxiety-related pediatric visits in primary care rise 300%: Study

Ella Ruder / beckershospitalreview - Anxiety-related visits in pediatric primary care settings increased 300% between 2014 and 2023, according to a May 18 study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from Boston University’s School of Public Health and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care In…

AI Summary: Analysis reveals a roughly 300% increase in anxiety-related visits to primary care among children, straining clinics and signaling a nationwide mental-health wave. Primary-care physicians are now de facto child mental-health providers, with experts urging expanded behavioral services, school-based supports and parental resources to manage what’s become an urgent, system-wide demand.