Figure 18 is titled "Mental Health Treatment among Adults Aged 26 to 49 with Serious Mental Illness, by Health Insurance Status: 2002." It is a bar graph, where the horizontal axis represents type of health insurance and the vertical axis represents percent receiving mental health treatment. There are three categories of health insurance: private health insurance, Medicaid, and no coverage. For each category of health insurance, the percentage receiving mental health treatment is as follows:

Of those with serious mental illness (SMI) who have private health insurance, 56.3% received mental health treatment.
Of those with SMI who have Medicaid, 65.1% received mental health treatment.
Of those with SMI who have no coverage, 37.1% received mental health treatment.

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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.