The
DASIS Report: Male
Admissions with Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Problems,
2003
Highlights:
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Persons
admitted for treatment with both psychiatric and substance abuse
disorders are said to have "co-occurring disorders." Other
terms for this are "comorbidity" and "dual diagnosis."
Data on co-occurring problems reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode
Data Set (TEDS) were provided in the TEDS Supplemental Data Set
which was provided by 29 States and jurisdictions in 2003.
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Of the
approximately 668,000 male admissions in the 29 States that reported
presence or absence of co-occurring problems to SAMHSA's Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS), about 103,000 (15%) were admissions with
co-occurring problems.
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Male
admissions with co-occurring problems were more likely to report
alcohol as the primary substance of abuse than male admissions for
substance abuse alone (48% vs. 43%).
- Male admissions with
co-occurring problems were more likely to be White than were male
admissions for substance abuse alone (69% vs. 57%).
- Only 28% of male admissions
with co-occurring problems were referred to treatment through the
criminal justice system compared to 45% of male admissions for substance
abuse alone.
Reports
on co-occurring disorders/comorbidity
Reports on substance
abuse treatment
Other topics
Other
OAS publications and services
This Short Report, The
DASIS Report: Male
Admissions with Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Problems,
2003, 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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