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SAMHSA - Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration – Q&A
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SAMHSA - Substance Abuse And Mental Health ServicesAdministration – Q&A
SAMHSA Helpline Ans - Received calls an average of 68,683 calls per
month. This is an increase from 2017, with an average monthly call volume
of 67,949 or 815,390 total calls for the year.
Substance Use and Mental Health Issues among U.S.-Born American Indians
or Alaska Natives Residing on and off Tribal Lands Ans - About 22
percent of American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) reside on
reservations or other trust lands, which contain unique governments,
histories, traditions, communities, languages, and behavioral health
challenges.
AI/ANs Ans - American Indians/Alaska Natives
High rates of substance use and mental health issues Ans - AI/ANs
experience high rates of substance use and some mental health issues (e.g.,
posttraumatic stress) compared with the U.S. general population.The
prevalence of substance use and mental health issues among AI/ANs is
linked with social determinants of health, including poverty, lack of
opportunity, violence and victimization, chronic stress, and barriers to
culturally competent behavioral health care.
Current Statistics on the Prevalence and Characteristics of
People Experiencing Homelessness in the United States Ans -
Individuals who are Homeless
According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's June
2010 Annual Homeless
Assessment Report to Congress (2010 AHAR)1, on a given night in January
2010:
• 407,966 individuals were homeless in shelters, transitional housing
programs, or on the streets
(this number does not include persons in family households)i
• 109,812 individuals were chronically homeless, a 1% decrease from the
previous year
National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers
, and Clients (NSHAPC) fact sheet Ans - Gender, Age, Race/Ethnicity
Among all sheltered individuals over the course of a year (October 2009-
September 2010)iii:
• 62% were male
• 38% were female
• 21.8% are under age 18
• 23.5% are 18-30
• 37% are 31 to 50
• 14.9% are 51 to 61
• 2.8% are 62 or older
• 41.6% are White, Non-Hispanic
• 9.7% are White, Hispanic
• 37% are Black/African-American
• 4.5% are other single races;
• 7.2% are multiple races
Mental Illness & Substance Use
On a given night in January 2010iv:
• 26.2% of all sheltered persons who were homeless had a severe mental
illness
• 34.7% of all sheltered adults who were homeless had chronic substance
use issues
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Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior in 33 Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Update: 2013 to 2015 Ans - Based on combined 2013 to 2015 NSDUH
data, an annual average of 9.5 million adults aged 18 or older had serious
thoughts of suicide in the past year, 2.7 million made a suicide plan, and 1.3
million attempted suicide.
The percentage of adults aged 18 or older who had serious thoughts of
suicide in the past year ranged from 2.5 percent in the Miami metropolitan
statistical area (MSA) to 6.6 percent in the New Orleans MSA.
The percentage of adults aged 18 or older who planned suicide in the past
year included 0.4 percent in the Atlanta MSA and 2.1 percent in the New
Orleans MSA.
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