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Mental Health Support and Self-Help Groups

The NSDUH Report - -Mental Health Support and Self-Help Groups

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An annual average of 2.4 million adults aged 18 or older (1.1 percent of the population in that age group) received support from a mental health self-help group for their emotions, nerves, or mental health problems in the past year. Of them, 61.2 percent were female; 89.4 percent were over the age of 25; 75.2 percent were white; and, 46.8 percent were employed full time. Two thirds (65.6 percent) of adults who received support from mental health self-help groups also received traditional treatment (i.e., inpatient, outpatient, or prescription medication) in the past year; an estimated 829,000 users of self-help groups (34.4 percent) did not receive past year traditional mental health treatment.

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This Short , The NSDUH Report - -Mental Health Support and Self-Help Groups, 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.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use by State.

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