Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2001

 

The DASIS Report: Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001 

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 Highlights:

• In 2001, there were 58,000 admissions aged 55 or older; this was about 3% of all subtance abuse treatment admissions reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).

• Alcohol was reported as the primary substance of abuse more frequently among admissions aged 55 or older than among younger admissions (74% vs. 44%).

• Admissions aged 55 or older were more likely than younger admissions to enter treatment through self-referral (41% vs. 36%) and less likely to be referred through the criminal justice system (25% vs. 35%).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001, is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.  DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  

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