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This short report from the Drug Abuse Warning Network examines emergency department (ED) visits that involved a drug-related suicide attempt. It looks at the characteristics of the ED visits where the patient left against medical advice (before the ED visit was completed). It discusses how patients who left the ED...

This spotlight uses 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to assess types of mental health services received in the past year among young adults aged 18 to 25.

Describes emergency department (ED) visits involving the nonmedical use of narcotic pain relievers (opioids) using data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). The drugs most commonly combined with narcotic pain relievers in ED visits; trends for narcotic pain relievers (2005-2011); demographic characteristics of narcotic pain reliever-related visits in 2011...

This spotlight provides results from the 2008 to 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health’s Mental Health Surveillance Study to review the percentages of past year anxiety disorder among adults aged 18 or older employed full time, employed part time, unemployed, and out of the labor force.

This short report uses 2002 to 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess heroin-related trends in the United States among those aged 12 or older. Topics covered include past year heroin use, dependence and abuse, receipt of substance use treatment for herion use, heroin initiation, perceived...

This spotlight uses 2008 to 2010 National Surveys on Drug Use and Healthto examine the percentage of girls aged 12 to 17 who experienced a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year and received treatment. for depression in the past year.

This spotlight presents any mental illness in the past year among adults aged 18 to 64 using 2008 to 2012 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) by whether they are unemployed.

This spotlight presents major depressive episodes in the past year among adults aged 18 or older using 2008 to 2012 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) by whether they talked to a health or alternative service professional during the past 12 months.

This short report uses data on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits from the Drug Abuse Warning Network to examine the trends in ED visits involving methamphetamine from 2007 to 2011. In addition to the trends for total methamphetamine-related visits, it also shows trends by gender and by age group; the...

This study used data from the public use files of the 1997 to 2004 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which were linked to death certificate data from the 1997 to 2006 National Death Index (NDI), to assess the association between psychological distress and mortality. This study summarizes results presented in...

This short report uses 2008 to 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess receipt of workplace policies and programs regarding substance use among full-time employed workers aged 18 to 64 by past month illicit drug use or heavy alcohol use status.

This short report uses 2002 to 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess trends in past month smokeless tobacco initiation and use by gender and age group among those aged 12 or older.

This Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) short report looks at the estimated number of emergency room visits for adverse reactions involving involving the prescription sleep qie zolpidem for 2005 through 2010. The report focuses on gender, age groups and other pharmaceuticals such as pain relievers, other anti-anxiety and insomnia medications...

This Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) short report summarizes key findings about drug-related emergency department visits between 2004 and 2011. The report includes data for illicit drugs, alcohol, and prescription and over-the counter medications. For medications, the report looks at misuse and abuse, adverse reactions, and accidental ingestion of drugs...

This Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) short report shows the estimated number of emergency room visits involving buprenorphine between 2005 and 2011. Buprenorphine is used to treat dependence on heroin and narcotic pain medications. The report also shows buprenorphine-related visits broken out by non-medical use, adverse reactions and seeking detoxification...