Healio (6/14, Demko) reported, “Most U.S. adults with mental health disorders have not received treatment for their conditions in the last year, and treatment rates were especially low for substance use disorders,” researchers concluded after examining the “2012 to 2013 data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III.” After analyzing “past 12-month disorder-specific mental health treatment patterns of common DSM-5 disorders in 36,309 U.S. adults,” investigators also found that “lack of insurance coverage increased the odds of not receiving treatment for almost all mental disorders, excluding specific phobia (OR = 0.55; 95% CI, 0.3-1.03), non-tobacco drug use disorders (OR = 0.8; 95% CI, 0.47-1.36) and alcohol use disorder (OR = 1.52; 95% CI, 1.12-2.07).” The findings were published online May 28 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Many people with mental health disorders do not receive treatment, “Savannah Demko, Healio, June 14, 2019