Shocking Report: 121% Rise In Psychiatric ER Visits Among Children And Teens Since Oct. 7th

Three years into the war, a health snapshot released by Clalit, based on data from approximately five million members, highlights a continuing burden on mental and physical health, with notable increases among children, adolescents and residents evacuated from southern and northern Israel.

The findings span psychiatric emergency care, post-traumatic stress disorder, blood pressure, high cholesterol and medication use for childhood bedwetting. Together, they point to health needs extending well beyond the immediate period of displacement.

Clalit reported a 121% increase in psychiatric emergency room visits by children and adolescents, more than double the comparison level.

The finding concerns visits rather than the number of individual patients. The figures provided do not indicate how many young people sought emergency care, whether some attended more than once, or which conditions accounted for the increase.

Nevertheless, the rise highlights the scale of demand for urgent psychiatric care among young people during the war.