Adolescent Mental Health: Service Settings and Reasons for Receiving Care
February 19, 2009
In Brief
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^ In the past year, one in eight (12.5 percent) adolescents (i.e., youths aged 12 to 17) received treatment or counseling in a specialty mental health setting for problems with behavior or emotions, 11.5 percent received services in an educational setting, and 2.8 percent received services in a general medical setting
^ One in twenty (5.1 percent) adolescents received services in both a specialty mental health setting and an educational or general medical setting in the past year
^ Feeling depressed was the most common reason for receiving mental health services in a specialty mental health setting (50.0 percent), a general medical setting (44.3 percent), or an educational setting (38.0 percent)
Mental health services are available to adolescents in three major settings: a specialty mental health setting (inpatient and outpatient services); a school-based educational setting (services received from school counselors, school psychologists, or special education teachers); and a general medical setting (services received from pediatricians or family practice providers). Although help-seeking typically may focus on settings that are familiar and easily accessible, different problems may tend to cluster in different settings, depending on the type of problem experienced. It is important for mental health service planners and providers to be aware of the reasons for which adolescents are receiving services in various settings in order to address the mental health care needs of adolescents.
This issue of The NSDUH Report provides data on mental health treatment or counseling for emotional or behavioral problems received by adolescents (i.e., youths aged 12 to 17) in the past year, including the service settings and the reasons for receiving care the last time.1
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