The
NSDUH Report: Serious Psychological Distress and Receipt
of Mental Health Services
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Highlights:
- SAMHSA's
2007 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH) found that 10.9%
of adults aged 18 or older (24.3 million) experienced serious psychological
distress (SPD) in the past year.
- Of
the adults who experienced serious psychological distress in the past
year, less than half (44.6%) received mental health services during
that time.
- Young
adults aged 18 to 25 with serious psychological distress were less
likely than other adults with serious psychological distress to
have received mental health services: 29.4% of those aged 18 to 25;
47.2% of those aged 26 to 49, and 53.8% of those aged 50 or older
with past year serious psychological distress received mental health
services in the past year.
- Of
the adults with past year serious psychological distress, 6.9% received
all three types of mental health services (inpatient, outpatient,
and prescription medication), 43.3% received only outpatient services
and prescription medication, and 34.7% received only prescription
medication.
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on serious psychological distress
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mental health reports
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This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report: Serious Psychological Distress and Receipt of Mental
Health Services, is
based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use
and Health (NSDUH). The NSDUH is conducted by
SAMHSA's
Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's NSDUH 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. SAMHSA's
NSDUH also provides estimates for drug use by State.
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