Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN): ED Visits Involving Alcohol Short Report presents the following data from January 2021-September 2023 (1) national estimates and characteristics of alcohol-related ED visits (2) demographics of alcohol-related ED visits (3) percent of ED visits related to alcohol and at least one other substance.
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This CBHSQ Spotlight presents findings from an evaluation of the State Pilot Program for Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW-PLT). This pilot program was designed to complement the residential PPW program by developing a continuum of family-centered care services in an outpatient setting. This spotlight compares program clients’ self-reported...
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN): Drug-Related ED Visits Involving Suicide Attempts Short Report presents (1) national estimates and characteristics of drug-related ED visits involving suicide attempts and (2) the top substance involved in suicide attempts.
This CBHSQ Data Brief presents findings from the evaluation of the State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants (Opioid STR) that describe how funding was used to support peer services for people with or recovering from opioid use disorder (OUD). The evaluation revealed that most Opioid STR grantees used...
An analysis of the 2022 DAWN data presents: (1) nationally representative weighted estimates of all drug-related emergency department (ED) visits, (2) nationally representative weighted estimates of the top substances involved in drug-related ED visits, including rates by race and ethnicity; (3) nationally representative weighted estimates of opioid-related ED visits...
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) Non-Fatal Overdoses Short Report presents: (1) national estimates and characteristics of non-fatal overdose ED visits, (2) the identification of top substances involved in these visits and (3) the prevalence of polysubstance related non-fatal overdose ED visits. Additional report resources are also available in the Non-Fatal...
An analysis of final 2021 DAWN data presents: (1) nationally representative weighted estimates, including percent and unadjusted rates per 100,000, for all drug-related ED visits, (2) nationally representative weighted estimates for the top five drugs in drug-related ED visits, (3) the assessment of monthly trends and drugs involved in polysubstance...
The Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program was created to reduce or eliminate homelessness and imminent risk of homelessness for individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.1 PATH is administered by the Division of State and Community Systems Development of the...
SAMHSA’s Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program was created to reduce or eliminate homelessness and imminent risk of homelessness for individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. The 2020 Triennial Process Evaluation Report of the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Program (PATH)...
Preliminary Findings from Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits, 2021. An analysis of 2021 preliminary data presents (1) nationally representative weighted estimates for the top five drugs in drug-related ED visits, (2) the assessment of monthly trends and drugs involved in polysubstance ED visits in a subset of sentinel hospitals, and (3)...
The main objective of this methodological report is to provide comparisons between NSDUH and other national data sources for adult and adolescent mental health prevalence estimates, updating a previous report comparing 2009 NSDUH estimates with other data sources (Hedden et al., 2012). Other sources of data are 2001 to 2003...
This short report uses data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) to examine the emergency department (ED) visits for children aged 1 -5 that involved opioid pain relievers. Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab), oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), and codeine are examples of opioid pain relievers; buprenorphine (Suboxone), is an opioid that is...
This short report uses data from the AHRQ Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (HCUP-NEDS) to assess the prevalence of underage alcohol misuse–related emergency department (ED) visits. Changes in the trends of alcohol-only and drug and alcohol-combination ED visits by age, gender and time are examined.
This report presents facts about substance use among adults age 65 and older, including information on substance use on an average day, receipt of substance use treatment, and emergency department (ED) visits. This paper draws upon three SAMHSA data collections: the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the...
examine the impact of state, county, and metropolitan area level macroeconomic measures (primarily unemployment rates, but also other measures, such as employment to population ratio or personal income, when appropriate) on individual drug use.