The
NSDUH Report: Serious Psychological Distress and Substance Use
Disorder among Veterans
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format (also has the
data table used to construct each figure)
Highlights:
- Combined data from
SAMHSA's 2004 - 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health indicate
than an annual average of 7% of veterans aged 18 or older experienced
past year serious psychological distress, 7.1% met the criteria for
a past year substance use disorder, and 1.5% had co-occurring serious
psychological distress and substance use disorder.
- Veterans aged 18 to
25 were more likely than older veterans to have higher rates of serious
psychological distress, substance use disorder, or co-occurring psychological
distress and substance use disorder in the past year.
- Veterans with family
incomes of less than $20,000 per year were more likely than veterans
with higher family incomes to have had serious psychological distress,
substance use disorder, or co-occurring psychological distress and
substance use disorder in the past year.
This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report: Serious Psychological Distress and Substance Use
Disorder among Veterans, 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 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 by State.
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