Treatment Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness

The NHSDA Report:  Treatment Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness

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• Serious mental illness (SMI) is defined as having a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder that met criteria in the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) and that resulted in functional impairment that substantially interfered with or limited one or more major life activities.

• Based on SAMHSA's 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, less than half of adults with a serious mental illness (SMI) received treatment or counseling for a mental health problem during the past year.

• Among adults with a serious mental illness, whites were more likely than blacks or Hispanics to have received treatment or counseling during the past year.

• The rate of unmet treatment need among adults with SMI who did not receive mental health treatment or counseling in the past year was higher among persons aged 18 to 49 than those aged 50 or older.  The unmet need also was higher for females than for males.

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This OAS Short Report,  The NHSDA Report:  Treatment Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness, is based on SAMHSA's  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) 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, aged 12 and older.   The NHSDA also provides estimates for drug use by state.

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