Newsletter Articles | August 31, 2004
Twelve Percent of Americans Living With Co-Occurring Mental Illness & Substance Abuse in 2002
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
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Adults with a substance use disorder in 2002 were almost three times as likely to have serious mental illness (20.4 percent) as those who did not have a substance use disorder (7.0 percent). The rate of serious mental illness was 19.0 percent among those with alcohol dependence or abuse, 29.1 percent among those with illicit drug dependence or abuse, and highest among adults who had both drug and alcohol dependence or abuse (30.1 percent . . .
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