The
NSDUH Report: Participation in Self-help Groups for Alcohol
and Illicit Drug Use, 2006 and 2007
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Highlights:
- Combined
2006 to 2007 data from SAMHSA's National Surveys on Drug Use and Health
indicate that an annual average of 5 million persons aged 12 or older
(2%) attended a self-help group in the past year because of their use
of alcohol or illicit drugs.
- Among
persons aged 12 or older who attended self-help groups in the past year,
45.3% attended a self-help group because of their alcohol use only,
21.8% attended a self-help group because of their illicit drug use only,
and 33.0% attended a self-help group because of their use of both alcohol
and illicit drugs.
- Among
past year self-help group participants aged 12 or older, 45.1% abstained
from any alcohol or illicit drug use in the past month.
- Almost
one-third (32.7%) of persons aged 12 or older who attended a self-help
group for their alcohol or illicit drug use in the past year also received
special treatment for substance use in the past year.
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This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report: Participation
in Self-help Groups for Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use, 2006 and 2007,
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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