Mental Health Service Use among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2005 and 2006

The NSDUH Report: Mental Health Service Use among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2005 and 2006

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Highlights:

• Combined 2005 and 2006 data from SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health indicate that an annual average of 3.3 million youths aged 12 to 17 (13.3%) received services for emotional or behavioral problems in a specialty mental health setting in the past year.

• About 3 million youth (12%) received services for emotional or behavioral problems in a school-based setting, and around 752,000 (3%) received such services in a general medical setting.

• Female youths were more likely than their male counterparts to receive services for emotional or behavioral problems in a specialty mental health or educational setting.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report: Mental Health Service Use among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2005 and 2006, 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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