The
NSDUH Report: Women with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and a Substance
Use Disorder Highlights:
- The
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) includes questions for adults aged
18 or older to assess serious mental illness (SMI) during the year prior to the
survey interview. Individuals are classified as having SMI if at some time during
the past year they had a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder that met criteria
specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th
edition (DSM-IV), and that resulted in functional impairment that substantially
interfered with or limited one or more major life activities. Individuals with
either alcohol or drug dependence or abuse are said to have a substance use disorder.
Individuals with both SMI and a substance use disorder are said to have co-occurring
SMI and a substance use disorder.
Based
on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2002, nearly 2 million
women aged 18 or older were estimated to have both serious mental illness (SMI)
and a substance use disorder during the past year.
Treatment for a mental problem is defined as the receipt of services in any inpatient
or outpatient setting for "problems with emotions, 'nerves', or mental health"
in the 12 months prior to the interview. Treatment also includes the use of prescription
medication for a mental or emotional condition. Specialty substance use treatment
is defined as treatment for substance use received at alcohol or drug rehabilitation
facilities (inpatient or outpatient), hospitals (inpatient only), or mental health
centers.
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and Services This Short Report, The
NSDUH Report: Women with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and a Substance
Use Disorder,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and
Health, formerly called the 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 Survey on Drug Use and Health (NHSDA/NSDUH) 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/NSDUH also provides
estimates for drug use by state. For
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