Friday, June 18, 2004

Patterns of Mental Health Service Utilization and Substance Use Among Adults, 2000 and 2001
SAMHSA OAS report - "This report presents estimates of the prevalence of mental health treatment among adults and describes the types of treatment received and the characteristics of persons receiving treatment based on data from the 2000 and 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). The NHSDA, which was renamed the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) in 2002, is a nationally representative survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population aged 12 or older and is conducted annually by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Summary results from the 2002 NSDUH were released in September 2003 (Office of Applied Studies [OAS], 2003). The more extensive analysis of the 2000–2001 data presented in this report is not comparable with the analysis of data from the 2002 survey because of methodological improvements made in the survey in 2002 that affected prevalence estimates."  
  

Prevalence Studies of Substance-Related Disorders: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Article in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry - "This is the third in a series of papers that present systematic reviews of the prevalence and incidence of psychiatric disorders drawn from studies published between the years January 1, 1980, and December 31, 2000. The series discusses the implications of these epidemiologic findings for mental health policy and practice."