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

Figure 2.8 is a bar chart indicating the percentage of adults by county type who received mental health treatment in the past year. The chart shows that 10.2 percent of those in large metropolitan counties, 11.2 percent of those in small metropolitan counties, and 10.4 percent of those in nonmetropolitan counties 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.