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The
NSDUH Report: Substance Use Treatment Need among Adolescents,
2003-2004
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format (also
has the data table used to construct each figure)
Highlights:
- SAMHSA's
National Survey on Drug Use and Health gathers data on symptoms of substance
dependence or abuse using criteria specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). These symptoms include withdrawal,
tolerance, use in dangerous situations, trouble with the law, and interference
in major obligations at work, school or home.
- Combining
data from the 2003-2004 SAMHSA's National Surveys on Drug Use and Health,
SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies was able to describe the demographic
characteristics of youth who needed substance abuse treatment, those
who perceived a need for substance abuse treatment, those who received
treatment, and the treatment gap. The treatment gap is the unmet need
for substance abuse treatment.
- Based
on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 1.5 million youths
(6.1% youths aged 12 to 17) were classified as needing alcohol treatment
in the past year and about 111,000 youth (7.2% of those needing alcohol
treatment) received specialty treatment for alcohol in the past year.
Specialty substance use treatment is defined as inpatient or outpatient
treatment received at drug or alcohol rehabilitation facilities or mental
health centers, or inpatient hospital treatment.
- About
1.4 million youths (5.4%) were classified as needing illicit drug use
treatment in the past year and 124,000 (9.1% of those needing illicit
drug treatment) received specialty treatment for an illicit drug in
the past year.
This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report:
Substance Use Treatment Need among Adolescents, 2003-2004, is
based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use
and Health (NSDUH). The NSDUH is conducted by the 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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