The DASIS Report:  Admissions of Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders,  2000

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Highlights:

• Persons admitted for treatment with both mental and substance abuse disorders are said to have "co-occurring disorders." Other terms for this are "comorbidity and "dual diagnosis."

• Co-occurring disorders admissions were more likely to be White than substance abuse only admissions (68 percent vs. 54 percent).

• Co-occurring disorders admissions were less likely to be in the labor force than substance abuse only admissions (47 percent vs. 58 percent).

• Co-occurring disorders admissions to substance abuse treatment were more likely to have been referred through alcohol, drug abuse, and other health care providers than substance abuse only admissions.

• In contrast,  substance abuse only admissions  were more likely to have been referred by the criminal justice system than co-occurring disorders admissions to substance abuse.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Admissions of Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders,  2000, is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.  DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 

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