The
NHSDA Report: Youths' Choice of Consultant for Serious
Problems as Related to Substance Use
Highlights:
Whom Do Youths Consult About Serious Problems?
- SAMHSA's
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse in 1999 asked youths whom they
would talk to about a serious problem. Of the estimated 23 million
youths in the United States aged 12 to 17, about 16 million youths
reported that they would turn to a friend or sibling, 15 million to
their mother, and 1 million reported that they would turn to nobody.
- Among
youths, males were more likely than females to say that they would talk
to their fathers.
- Rates
of past month cigarette, alcohol, or marijuana use were lower among
youths who would talk to an adult than among youths who would talk to
dating partners.
Other
reports on youth
Other
reports on mental health
Other
topics
Other
OAS publications and services
This Short
Report, The NHSDA Report: Youths'
Choice of Consultant for Serious Problems as Related to Substance Use,
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, age 12 and older. The
NHSDA also provides estimates for drug use by state.
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