07/31/2024

Federal Survey Finds Nearly a Third of Adolescents Receive Mental Health Treatment

SAMHSA released the findings this week

Close to 1 in 3 adolescents in the U.S. received mental health treatment in 2023, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reported Tuesday, which works out to around 8.3 million young people between the ages of 12 and 17 getting counseling, medication or another treatment.

The result is among the findings now released from SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health for 2023. The federal agency's sweeping annual poll is closely tracked by mental health and addiction experts.It includes a broad range of questions asked to Americans ages 12 and older living in the community, not in care facilities.

The most common type of mental health treatment was meeting with a provider in an outpatient setting, like at an office of a therapist or school counseling center.

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