The
NSDUH Report: Women with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness
and a Substance Use Disorder
Highlights:
- The
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) includes questions
for adults aged 18 or older to assess serious mental illness (SMI)
during the year prior to the survey interview. Individuals are classified
as having SMI if at some time during the past year they had a mental,
behavioral, or emotional disorder that met criteria specified in the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition
(DSM-IV), and that resulted in functional impairment that substantially
interfered with or limited one or more major life activities. Individuals
with either alcohol or drug dependence or abuse are said to have a
substance use disorder. Individuals with both SMI and a substance
use disorder are said to have co-occurring SMI and a substance use
disorder.
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Based
on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2002, nearly
2 million women aged 18 or older were estimated to have both serious
mental illness (SMI) and a substance use disorder during the past
year.
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Treatment for a mental problem is defined as the receipt of services
in any inpatient or outpatient setting for "problems with emotions,
'nerves', or mental health" in the 12 months prior to the interview.
Treatment also includes the use of prescription medication for a
mental or emotional condition. Specialty substance use treatment
is defined as treatment for substance use received at alcohol or
drug rehabilitation facilities (inpatient or outpatient), hospitals
(inpatient only), or mental health centers.
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This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report: Women
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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