The
NSDUH Report: Adults with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and
a Substance Use Disorder Highlights
- SAMHSA's
2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that 17.5 million adults aged
18 or older (8%) were estimated to have a serious mental illness in the past year.
About 4 million of the adults with a serious mental illness in 2002 also were
dependent on or abused alcohol or an illicit drug; that is, they had a co-occurring
substance abuse and mental disorder.
- More
than half of the adults with co-occurring serious mental illness and a substance
use disorder received neither specialty substance use treatment nor mental health
treatment during the past year.
Reports
on drugs
Other
topics
This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report: Adults
with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and a Substance Use Disorder,
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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