Patterns of Mental Health Service Utilization and Substance Use Among Adults, 2000 and 2001

Peggy R. Barker
Joan F. Epstein
Laurel L. Hourani
Joseph Gfroerer
A. Monique Clinton-Sherrod
Nathan West
Weihua Shi

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Office of Applied Studies

Acknowledgments

This report was prepared by the Division of Population Surveys, Office of Applied Studies (OAS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and by RTI International (a trade name of Research Triangle Institute) of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, under Contract Nos. 283–98–9008 and 283–99–9018. At SAMHSA, Peggy Barker, Joan Epstein, and Joseph Gfroerer authored the report and reviewed its progress. Donald Goldstone provided review comments. At RTI, Laurel Hourani was the task leader for its production and coauthored the report with Monique Clinton-Sherrod, Nathan West, and Weihua Shi. Michael Penne and Mary Ellen Marsden provided review comments. The report was edited by K. Scott Chestnut and Richard S. Straw. Catherine A. Boykin word processed the report, and Diane G. Caudill prepared its graphics. Pamela Couch Prevatt, Teresa F. Gurley, Kim Cone, and David Belton prepared its Web versions. Final report production was provided by Beatrice A. Rouse, Coleen Sanderson, and Jane Feldman at SAMHSA.

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Barker, P. R., Epstein, J. F., Hourani, L. L., Gfroerer, J., Clinton-Sherrod, A. M., West, N., & Shi, W. (2004). Patterns of Mental Health Service Utilization and Substance Use among Adults, 2000 and 2001 (DHHS Publication No. SMA 04–3901, Analytic Series A–22). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies.

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