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Youths' Choice of Consultant for Serious Problems as  Related to Substance Use 

The NHSDA Report:  Youths' Choice of Consultant for Serious Problems as Related to Substance Use 

Highlights:
Whom Do Youths Consult About Serious Problems?

  • SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse in 1999 asked youths whom they would talk to about a serious problem.  Of the estimated 23 million youths in the United States aged 12 to 17,  about 16 million youths reported that they would turn to a friend or sibling, 15 million to their mother, and 1 million reported that they would turn to nobody.
  • Among youths, males were more likely than females to say that they would talk to their fathers.  
  • Rates of past month cigarette, alcohol, or marijuana use were lower among youths who would talk to an adult than among youths who would talk to dating partners.

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This Short Report,  The NHSDA Report:  Youths' Choice of Consultant for Serious Problems as Related to Substance Use, is based on SAMHSA's  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) 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.   The NHSDA also provides estimates for drug use by state.

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