By the Numbers: 30 November 2020
3.9 Million
The number of Veterans who had a mental illness and/or substance use disorder (SUD) in 2019, according to a recent report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Veteran Adults. This represents an increase of 6.5% over 2018 for both mental illness and SUD.
Among Veterans with a substance use disorder:
1 in 4 (26.95%) “struggled with illicit drugs”
4 in 5 (80.8%) “struggled with alcohol use”
1 in 13 (7.7%) struggled with illicit drugs and alcohol
26.6 % had a “serious mental illness”
3.9 Million
The number of Veterans who had a mental illness and/or substance use disorder (SUD) in 2019, according to a recent report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Veteran Adults. This represents an increase of 6.5% over 2018 for both mental illness and SUD.
Among Veterans with a substance use disorder:
Among Veterans with a substance use disorder:
1 in 4 (26.95%) “struggled with illicit drugs”
4 in 5 (80.8%) “struggled with alcohol use”
1 in 13 (7.7%) struggled with illicit drugs and alcohol
26.6 % had a “serious mental illness”