{
  "id": 6301281,
  "title": "Nearly one in five pediatric psychiatric crises involve digital media, new study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/nearly-one-in-five-pediatric-psychiatric-crises-involve-digital-media",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-08T17:20:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-pediatric-psychiatric-crises-involve-digital.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent study examining over 3,700 pediatric psychiatric crisis encounters at a major children's hospital reveals that nearly 1 in 5 of these cases involved issues related to digital media or devices. The research, published in the journal JAACAP Open, highlights the growing significance of this factor in youth mental health emergencies.",
  "summary": "A new study analyzing more than 3,700 pediatric psychiatric crisis encounters at a large tertiary children's hospital finds that nearly 1 in 5 visits involved a digital media or device-related problem (DMRP), shedding light on an increasingly important but understudied factor in youth mental health emergencies.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}