Read: Adult Mental Health Treatment: United States, 2019

NCHS Data Brief, Number 380, September 2020

Mental Health Treatment Among Adults: United States, 2019

Key findings
Data from the National Health Interview Survey

• In 2019, 19.2% of adults had received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months, including 15.8% who had taken prescription medication for their mental health and 9.5% who received counseling or therapy from a mental health professional.
• Women were more likely than men to have received any mental health treatment.
• Non-Hispanic white adults (23.0%) were more likely than non-Hispanic black (13.6%) and Hispanic (12.9%) adults to have received any mental health treatment.
• Overall, as the level of urbanization decreased, the percentage of adults who had taken medication for their mental health increased, and the percentage who had received counseling or therapy decreased.

Keywords

medication, counseling and therapy, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

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