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Hard Choices Comic Book
This special comic book, developed by SAMHSA in collaboration with Marvel Entertainment and the Elks USA, features Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four characters in a battle against underage drinking. Hard Choices urges kids to become real-life heros by making healthy choices.
The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Depression 2004 and 2005
Combined 2004 and 2005 data indicate that 8.88 percent of youths aged 12 to 17 and 7.65 percent of adults aged 18 or older experienced at least one major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year. Among 12 to 17 year olds, rates of past year MDE were among the highest in Idaho (10.37 percent) and Nevada (10.28 percent) and among the lowest in Louisiana (7.19 percent) and South Dakota (7.40 percent). Rates of past year MDE among adults aged 18 or older were among the highest in Utah (10.14 percent) and Rhode Island (9.88 percent) and among the lowest in Hawaii (6.74 percent) and New Jersey (6.81 percent).
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking:
What it Means to You.
A Guide to Action for Families
A Guide to Action for Educators
A Guide to Action for Communities
Call to Action Flyer
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking seeks to raise awareness of and promote action on underage drinking and its effects. In addition to bringing attention to underage drinking and its negative consequences, the Call to Action identifies six goals for preventing and reducing youth drinking. A Guide to Action for Families, which is based on the Call to Action, provides family members, those who work with young people, and adolescents and teens with evidence-based strategies and action steps they can use to prevent underage drinking. Both the Call to Action and the Guide to Action for Families were developed in collaboration with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients: Participant Workbook
This workbook was developed for use in conjunction with "Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Manual" (BKD444). It provides individuals participating in the 12-week anger management group treatment with a summary of core concepts, worksheets to complete homework assignments, and space to take notes for each of the sessions.
Alcohol and Drug Treatment: How it Works, And How It Can Help
This brochure informs people involved in the criminal justice system and their families about substance abuse treatment resources in prison and in the community. It describes what can be gained through substance abuse treatment while a person is incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. It encourages people to seek help for substance use disorders and stresses the importance of family support when seeking this assistance.
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1995-2005, National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services
This report presents results from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) for 2005 and trend data for 1995 to 2005. The report provides information on the characteristics of the 1.9 million annual admissions to substance abuse treatment in facilities that are funded or monitored by State substance abuse agencies.
NSDUH: Demographic and Geographic Variations in Injection Drug Use
Combined 2002 to 2005 data indicate that males were twice as likely as females to have used needles to inject heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, or other stimulants in the past year (0.24 vs. 0.11 percent). Persons living in the West were twice as likely to have injected stimulants in the past year as persons living in the Midwest and South. Over two fifths of past year heroin users injected heroin in that period compared with less than a tenth of past year users of cocaine, methamphetamine, and other stimulants who injected these drugs.
The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Depression 2004 and 2005
Combined 2004 and 2005 data indicate that 8.88 percent of youths aged 12 to 17 and 7.65 percent of adults aged 18 or older experienced at least one major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year. Among 12 to 17 year olds, rates of past year MDE were among the highest in Idaho (10.37 percent) and Nevada (10.28 percent) and among the lowest in Louisiana (7.19 percent) and South Dakota (7.40 percent). Rates of past year MDE among adults aged 18 or older were among the highest in Utah (10.14 percent) and Rhode Island (9.88 percent) and among the lowest in Hawaii (6.74 percent) and New Jersey (6.81 percent).
DASIS: Treatment Admissions with Medicaid as the Primary Expected or Actual Payment Source: 2005
Medicaid-paid admissions were more likely than other admissions to be younger than 18 years (21 vs. 7 percent). Medicaid-paid admissions were more likely than other admissions to be female (52 vs. 30 percent). Medicaid-paid admissions were less likely than other admissions to report alcohol as the primary substance of abuse (28 vs. 42 percent) and more likely to report marijuana (26 vs. 17 percent).
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