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Substance Use Disorder and Serious Psychological Distress by Employment Status

The NSDUH Report:  Substance Use Disorder and Serious Psychological Distress by Employment Status

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Highlights:

  • Among full time employed adults aged 18 to 64 in SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 10.6% were classified as having a past year substance use disorder, 10.2% experienced serious psychological distress during the past year, and 2.4% had co-occurring serious psychological distress and a substance use disorder.
  • Full time employed males in this age group were nearly twice as likely to have a past year substance use disorder than their female counterparts (13.2% vs. 6.9%). In contrast, females were nearly twice as likely to have experienced serious psychological distress during the past year than were the males (14.2% vs. 7.3%).
  • Of the 2.9 million adults aged 18 to 64 employed full time who had co-occurring serious psychological distress and a substance use disorder, nearly 60% were not treated for either problem and less than 5% were treated for both problems.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:  Substance Use Disorder and Serious Psychological Distress by Employment Status, is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).  The survey is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.

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