By the Numbers: 8 Sept. 2014
34.6 million
The number of American adults (age 18+) who received mental health treatment or counseling during the past 12 months, according to a report released last week by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) -- Substance Use and Mental Health Estimates from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Overview of Findings (PDF).
This represents 14.6 percent of the U.S. population, according to SAMHSA, which said:
Nearly one in five American adults (18.5 percent), or 43.8 million adults, had a mental illness in 2013. Ten million adults (4.2 percent of the adult population) had a serious mental illness in the past year. Serious mental illness is defined as mental illness that resulted in serious functional impairment, which substantially interfered with, or limited, one or more major life activities.
Other data points from the report:
- 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older were current (past month) illicit drug users – 9.4 percent of this age group.
- Marijuana was by far the most commonly used illicit drug with approximately 19.8 million current users aged 12 and older.
- Although an estimated 22.7 million persons aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem, only 2.5 million persons received treatment at a specialty facility.
- In 2013, about 1 in 10 adolescents (10.7 percent) had a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year. Among adolescents with MDE, 38.1 percent received treatment or counseling for depression in the past year.
34.6 million
The number of American adults (age 18+) who received mental health treatment or counseling during the past 12 months, according to a report released last week by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) -- Substance Use and Mental Health Estimates from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Overview of Findings (PDF).
The number of American adults (age 18+) who received mental health treatment or counseling during the past 12 months, according to a report released last week by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) -- Substance Use and Mental Health Estimates from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Overview of Findings (PDF).
This represents 14.6 percent of the U.S. population, according to SAMHSA, which said:
Nearly one in five American adults (18.5 percent), or 43.8 million adults, had a mental illness in 2013. Ten million adults (4.2 percent of the adult population) had a serious mental illness in the past year. Serious mental illness is defined as mental illness that resulted in serious functional impairment, which substantially interfered with, or limited, one or more major life activities.
Other data points from the report:
- 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older were current (past month) illicit drug users – 9.4 percent of this age group.
- Marijuana was by far the most commonly used illicit drug with approximately 19.8 million current users aged 12 and older.
- Although an estimated 22.7 million persons aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem, only 2.5 million persons received treatment at a specialty facility.
- In 2013, about 1 in 10 adolescents (10.7 percent) had a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year. Among adolescents with MDE, 38.1 percent received treatment or counseling for depression in the past year.