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

Figure 2.5 is a bar chart indicating the percentage of adults by educational level who reported receiving mental health treatment in the past year. The chart shows that 9.7 percent of adults with less than a high school education, 10.0 percent of those with a high school education, 11.2 percent of those with some college, and 11.2 percent of college graduates received mental health treatment in the past year.

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This page was last updated on June 16, 2008.

SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.