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Persons age 18 and older receiving mental health treatment and/or counseling for serious mental illness who experienced improvement
Measure Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Table
1.84 Adults age 18 or over who received treatment for serious mental illness who experienced improvement, United States, 2002.
Data Source
SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
Denominator
Persons age 18 or older with serious mental illness who received mental health treatment or counseling in the past year.
Numerator
Subset of the denominator who experienced improvement.
Comments
Serious mental illness (SMI) is defined as having a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder that meets criteria set forth in the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) and which resulted in functional impairment that significantly impeded 1 or more major life activities. For further information see Appendix B, Section B.4 of the Results from the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings available at http://www.oas.samhsa.gov.
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