youth Out of Home Mental Health Services: Out-of-Home Services for Emotional or Behavioral Problems among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2002 to 2006, SAMHSA,Office of Applied Studies

Out-of-Home Services for Emotional or Behavioral Problems among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2002 to 2006

The NSDUH Report: Out-of-Home Services for Emotional or Behavioral Problems among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2002 to 2006

HTML format (also has the data table used to construct each figure)

PDF format (recommended for printing)

Highlights:

Combined 2002 to 2006 data from SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health indicate that an estimated 2.6% of youths aged 12 to 17 reported receiving out-of-home services for emotional or behavioral problems in the past 12 months in a hospital, a residential treatment center or a foster care or therapeutic foster care setting.

Among youths aged 12 to 17 who received any type of out-of-home services for emotional or behavioral problems in the past 12 months, about half reported staying only for one or two nights.

The reported length of time spent in out-of-home services settings in the past year varied by gender; in general, male youths aged 12 to 17 were more likely to report having stayed for one night, while their female counterparts were more likely to report having stayed for seven nights or longer.

Reports on mental health

Reports on co-occurring substance abuse & mental health problems

Reports on youth
Reports on drugs
Other topics

Other OAS publications and services

This Short Report, The NSDUH Report: Out-of-Home Services for Emotional or Behavioral Problems among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2002 to 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.

This is the page footer.

This page has been accessed 7086 times since 10/14/08.

This page was last updated on October 14, 2008.

SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

* Adobe™ PDF and MS Office™ formatted files require software viewer programs to properly read them. Click here to download these FREE programs now