The
NSDUH Report: Treatment for Past Year Depression among Adults
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Highlights:
- Major
depressive episodes in the past year were assessed in SAMHSA's National
Survey on Drug Use and Health among adults aged 18 or older. A major
depressive episode was defined using the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria
which specifies a period of two weeks or longer during which there is
(1) either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure AND (2) at
least four other symptoms that reflect a change in functioning (such
as problems with sleeping, eating, energy, concentration, and self image).
- Treatment
for depression was defined as seeing or talking to a medical doctor
or other professional about depression and/or using prescription medication
in the past year for depression. Data from SAMHSA's 2005 and 2006 National
Surveys on Drug Use and Health were combined to get more stable estimates
of depression treatment received. Estimates of treatment received for
depression in this report are the annual averages.
- Based
on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 67.4% of the adults
who had experienced at least one major depressive episode during the
past year had received treatment for depression in the past year.
- The
types of treatment received for depression in the past year by the adults
with past year depression were: 69.4% both talked to a professional
and received medication for their depression, 23.8% only talked to a
professional about their depression, and 6.7% only received medication
for their depression.
- Perceived
helpfulness of their treatment for depression depended upon which treatment
they received. Adults with depression in the past year who received
medication as well as talked to a professional were most likely to perceive
their treatment as extremely helpful or helped alot.
- Of
the adults who talked with a doctor or other professional for their
depression, 40.5% reported it as extremely helpful or helped alot, 29.2%
reported that it offered some help, and 30.2% reported it was little
or no help.
- Of
the adults who received medication for their depression, 52.7% reported
it as extremely helpful or helped alot, 28.0% reported that it offered
some help, and 19.3% reported it was little or no help.
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This
Short Report, The NSDUH
Report: Treatment for Past Year Depression among Adults,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied
Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and
consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates
for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.
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