Read: Mental Health Treatment Among Children Aged 5–17 Years: United States, 2019

NCHS Data Brief, Number 381, September 2020

Mental Health Treatment Among Children Aged 5–17 Years: United States, 2019

Key findings
Data from the National Health Interview Survey

• Children aged 12–17 years were more likely to have received any mental health treatment (including having taken prescription medication and received counseling or therapy from a mental health professional) in the past 12 months (16.8%) compared with children aged 5–11 years (10.8%).
• Boys (9.8%) were more likely than girls (7.0%) to have taken medication for their mental health in the past 12 months.
• Non-Hispanic white children were more likely than Hispanic or non-Hispanic black children to have received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months.
• As the level of urbanization decreased, the percentage of children who received any mental health treatment or had taken medication for their mental health increased.

Keywords

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

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