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

Figure 3.1 is a bar chart indicating the percentage of adults receiving various types of mental health treatment in the past year. The chart shows that 10.5 percent of all adults received some type of mental health treatment in the past year, 0.7 percent of adults received any inpatient treatment, 6.0 percent received any outpatient, and 8.3 percent received any prescription medication 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.