The
DASIS Report: Adolescents
with Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders, 2003
Highlights:
- Persons admitted
for treatment with both psychiatric and substance abuse disorders
are said to have "co-occurring disorders." Other terms for this
are "comorbidity" and "dual diagnosis." Presence
or absence of a co-occurring psychiatric disorder was recorded in
SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Supplemental Data Set which
was provided by 26 States and jurisdictions in 2003.
- Of the approximately
78,000 admissions aged 12 to 17 in the 26 States that reported presence
or absence of co-occurring problems to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode
Data Set (TEDS), about 16,000 (21%) were admissions with a co-occurring
psychiatric problem in addition to an alcohol and/or drug problem.
- Adolescent admissions
with co-occurring disorders were more likely to be female than adolescent
admissions for only substance use disorders (38% vs. 28%).
- Nearly three-quarters
of adolescent admissions with co-occurring disorders were White (72%)
compared to half of adolescent admissions for only substance use disorders
(51%).
- Criminal justice system
referrals for treatment were the most common source of referral for
both adolescent admissions with co-occurring disorders (48%) and adolescent
admissions for only substance use disorders (57%).
Reports
on co-occurring disorders/comorbidity
Reports on substance
abuse treatment
Reports
on youth
Other topics
Other
OAS publications and services
This Short Report, The
DASIS Report: Adolescents
with Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders, 2003,
is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services
Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data
on substance abuse treatment. DASIS is conducted by the
Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
|
