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The NSDUH Report - -Treatment for Substance Use and Depression among Adults, by Race/Ethnicity
Highlights: Combined from the 2004 to 2007 NSDUH data indicate that 9.7 percent of adults aged 18 or older needed treatment for a substance use problem in the past year, and 10.5 percent of those needing substance use treatment received it in the past year in a specialty facility. Among those in need of substance use treatment, blacks had higher rates of receipt of treatment in a specialty facility than persons of two or more races, Hispanics, whites, and Asians. 1 in 12 adults (7.5 percent) had a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year, and two-thirds of them received treatment for depression in the past year. Whites were more likely to have received treatment than blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, and persons of two or more races were more likely to have received treatment than Hispanics and Asians. Other OAS publications and services This Short , The NSDUH Report - -Treatment for Substance Use and Depression among Adults, by Race/Ethnicity, 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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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.
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