NSDUH Short Report on Race/Ethnicity (posted 9/14)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has recently released a short report from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) that focuses upon racial and ethnic minorities.  The National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Report -- Treatment for Substance Use and Depression among Adults by Race/Ethnicity is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. 

To download the report from the NSDUH website click here.

Highlights: Among those in need of substance use treatment, blacks had higher rates of receipt of treatment in a specialty facility than persons of two or more races, Hispanics, whites, and Asians. 1 in 12 adults (7.5 percent) had a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year, and two-thirds of them received treatment for depression in the past year. Whites were more likely to have received treatment than blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, and persons of two or more races were more likely to have received treatment than Hispanics and Asians.

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