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Homeless Young Adult Treatment Admissions

The TEDS Report - Homeless Young Adult Treatment Admissions

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Heroin (26.9 Percent) and alcohol (25.0 Percent) were the most frequently reported primary substances of abuse among homeless young adult admissions in 2008. Homeless young adult admissions were more likely than non-homeless young adult admissions to have had five or more treatment episodes (17.3 vs. 6.2 Percent). Among these admissions, individual/self referrals were the most common source of referral to treatment (41.5 Percent); among non-homeless young adult admissions, the most common source of referral was the criminal justice system (50.6 Percent).

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The TEDS Report - Homeless Young Adult Treatment Admissions, is based on SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) 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.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use by State.

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