Posted on August 13, 2009 19:32
Topics: Children | Medicaid | Mental Health | SAMHSA
Post Type: report
This report, based on the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), found that, in 2007, 8.2 percent of adolescents (an estimated 2.0 million youths aged 12 to 17) experienced at least one major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year, and about two fifths (38.9 percent) of those received treatment for depression in the past year. Among adolescents with past year MDE, those with no health insurance coverage were much less likely than those with Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program or private health insurance to have received treatment (17.2 vs. 42.9 and 40.6 percent, respectively).
Download the report from SAMHSA's OAS here: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k9/youthDepression/MDEandTXTforADOL.pdf
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