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

Figure 3.3 is a pie chart indicating the estimated numbers and percentages of mutually exclusive categories of mental health treatment received by the 21.1 million adults who received treatment in the past year. The chart shows that among the 21.1 million persons who received mental health treatment in the past year, 8,609 (40.8%) received medication only. It also shows that of the 21.1 million persons receiving treatment in the past year, 6,991 (33.1%) received outpatient and medication treatment, 4,015 (19.0%) received outpatient only treatment, and 1,477 (7.0%) received any inpatient 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.