"Among the 9.5 million adults aged 18 or older in 2019 who had a co-occurring SUD [Substance Use Disorder] and AMI [Any Mental Illness] in the past year (2019 DT 10.6), 48.6 percent (or 4.6 million people) received either substance use treatment at a specialty facility or mental health services in the past year, 38.7 percent (or 3.7 million people) received only mental health services, and 7.8 percent (or 742,000 people) received both substance use treatment at a specialty facility and mental health services (Figure 80 and 2019 DT 10.27). These percentages in 2019 were similar to the percentages in 2015 to 2018.
"Among adults aged 18 or older in 2019 who had a co-occurring SUD and AMI in the past year, 1.9 percent (or 182,000 people) received only substance use treatment at a specialty facility (2019 DT 10.27). This percentage in 2019 was lower than the percentages in 2015 and 2017 but was similar to the percentages in 2016 and 2018.
"Aged 18 to 25
"Among the 2.6 million young adults aged 18 to 25 in 2019 who had a co-occurring SUD and AMI in the past year (2019 DT 10.6), 43.3 percent (or 1.1 million people) received either substance use treatment at a specialty facility or mental health services in the past year, and 36.7 percent (or 941,000 people) received only mental health services (2019 DT 10.28). These percentages in 2019 were higher than the percentages in 2015, but they were similar to the percentages in 2016 to 2018.
"Also among young adults aged 18 to 25 in 2019 who had a co-occurring SUD and AMI in the past year, 5.0 percent (or 130,000 people) received both substance use treatment at a specialty facility and mental health services, which was similar to the percentages in 2015 to 2018 (2019 DT 10.28). Among young adults in 2019 who had a co-occurring SUD and AMI in the past year, 1.4 percent (or 35,000 people) received only substance use treatment at a specialty facility. This percentage in 2019 was lower than the percentages in 2015 to 2017 but was similar to the percentage in 2018.
"Aged 26 or Older
"Among the 7.0 million adults aged 26 or older81 in 2019 who had a co-occurring SUD and AMI in the past year (2019 DT 10.6), 50.5 percent (or 3.5 million people) received either substance use treatment at a specialty facility or mental health services in the past year, 39.5 percent (or 2.7 million people) received only mental health services, and 8.8 percent (or 613,000 people) received both substance use treatment at a specialty facility and mental health services (2019 DT 10.29). These percentages in 2019 were similar to the percentages in 2015 to 2018. Among these adults in 2019 who had a co-occurring SUD and AMI in the past year, 2.1 percent (or 147,000 people) received only substance use treatment at a specialty facility. This percentage was lower than the percentages in 2015 and 2017 but was similar to the percentages in 2016 and 2018."
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2020). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. PEP20-07-01-001, NSDUH Series H-55). Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
