The
NSDUH Report: Serious Psychological Distress Among Adults
Aged 50 or Older: 2005 and 2006
Highlights:
- Combined
data from SAMHSA's 2005 and 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use &
Health (NSDUH) indicate than an annual average of 7% of adults aged
50 or older experienced serious psychological distress in the past
year. Adults aged 50 to 64 were more likely to experience past year
serious psychological distress than those aged 65 or older (8.8% vs.
4.5%).
- Adults
aged 50 or older were more likely to experience serious psychological
distress in the past year if they had less than a high school education
than if they were college graduates (10.2% vs. 5.2%), had family incomes
less than $20,000 compared with those with $75,000 or more (11.7%
vs. 4.4%), and were without health insurance compared with those with
health insurance (12.3% vs. 6.7%).
- Over
half (53.7%) of the adults aged 50 or older with past year serious
psychological distress received mental health treatment in the past
year, 6.2% did not receive treatment although they felt they needed
it, and 40.1% did not receive treatment and did not perceive a need
for it.
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This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report: Serious Psychological Distress Among Adults Aged
50 or Older: 2005 & 2006 , is based on SAMHSA's National
Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The NSDUH is conducted
by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
SAMHSA's NSDUH is the primary source of information on the prevalence,
patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general
U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
The NHSDA/NSDUH also provides estimates for drug
use by State.
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