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Employment and Major Depressive Episode

The NSDUH Report - -Employment and Major Depressive Episode

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Data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health show that the national rate of individuals who experience a past year major depressive episode (MDE) has declined from 68.8 percent in 2004 to 63.2 percent in 2006 and that rates of full-time employment continue to be lower among those with MDE than among those without MDE. Combined data from 2004 to 2007 indicate that the difference in the rate of any current employment between those with and without MDE was especially high for males, adults aged 26 or older, those who lived in non-metropolitan counties, and those who had received government assistance in the past year.

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This Short , The NSDUH Report - -Employment and Major Depressive Episode, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health 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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