SHIP Emergency Department Visits Related To Mental Health Conditions 2008-2017

Mental health problems can place a heavy burden on the healthcare system, particularly when persons in crisis utilize emergency departments instead of other sources of care when available. In Maryland, there were 207,650 mental health disorder-related emergency department visits in 2014.*Diagnoses include adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorders, disruptive behavior disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, suicide and intentional self-inflicted injury and miscellaneous mental disorders.