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This short report from the Drug Abuse Warning Network examines emergency department (ED) visits that involved a drug-related suicide attempt. It looks at the characteristics of the ED visits where the patient left against medical advice (before the ED visit was completed). It discusses how patients who left the ED...

This report uses 2014 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) to estimate the of prevalence of mental health service use among adolescents aged 12 to 17, the setting for the services received (i.e., specialty, education, medical), and the reasons these adolescents receive mental health services were analyzed. Estimates...

With growing recognition of the impact of trauma exposure on behavioral health outcomes, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is interested in evaluating associations between potentially traumatic events (PTEs) with mental health and substance use issues. The 2008-2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Mental...

National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Comparison of the 2008-2010 and 2010-2012 Model-Based Substate Estimates

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) extended dependent care coverage to all individuals under age 26. The coverage expansion in 2010 likely caused an increase in private insurance coverage and mental health treatment use for young adults. For mental health and substance use treatment, changes in who pays for care can...

This spotlight uses 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to assess types of mental health services received in the past year among young adults aged 18 to 25.

This is a Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) short report examining lack of insurance rates among individuals with a behavioral health disorder in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility, did not expand Medicaid eligibility, and are undecided. It uses 2009-2013 data from the National Survey on Drug Use...

Describes emergency department (ED) visits involving the nonmedical use of narcotic pain relievers (opioids) using data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). The drugs most commonly combined with narcotic pain relievers in ED visits; trends for narcotic pain relievers (2005-2011); demographic characteristics of narcotic pain reliever-related visits in 2011...

This report uses combined 2002 to 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess the average number of full-time college students aged 18 to 22 using substances for the first time per day for the year as a whole and for each month of the year. Substances...

This report compares estimates of suicidality (i.e., serious thoughts of suicide, suicide plans, suicide attempts, and receipt of medical care for a suicide attempt) generated from the 2008-2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) with estimates of similar measures acquired from other national data sources: National Comorbidity Survey...

This report uses 2002 to 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess trends in underage (12 to 20 year olds) past month alcohol use and binge alcohol use.

This spotlight provides results from the 2008 to 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health’s Mental Health Surveillance Study to review the percentages of past year anxiety disorder among adults aged 18 or older employed full time, employed part time, unemployed, and out of the labor force.

The Behavioral Health Equity Barometer, United States, 2014 provides a snapshot of substance use and mental health indicators by selected determinants of health: race and ethnicity, income level, geographic location, and health insurance status in the United States as measured through the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)...