New DASIS Report:
First-Time and Repeat Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment

Relapse to substance use after a period of abstinence is a common pattern among substance abusers. Many are admitted to substance abuse treatment multiple times before they achieve long-term abstinence. Individuals who are re-admitted to treatment (i.e., repeat admissions) often exhibit different substance use and socioeconomic characteristics than individuals admitted to treatment for the first time.

Among the notable findings in this latest report:

			In 2006, repeat admissions aged 18 to 25 were more likely than first-time admissions aged 18 to 25 to report heroin and other opiates as the primary substance of abuse (27 vs. 12 percent) and to report the use of multiple substances (67 vs. 56 percent).
			The South was unlike any other region in that a majority of all admissions aged 18 to 25 were first-time admissions instead of repeat admissions, regardless of the primary substance of abuse.
			The criminal justice system was the principal referral source to substance abuse treatment for both 18- to 25-year-old repeat admissions (46 percent) and first-time admissions (52 percent).

First-Time and Repeat Admissions Aged 18 to 25 to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2006

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