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SAMHSA has developed 52 new short reports providing key information about the level of substance use and mental health problems and treatment among adolescents (age 12 to 17 years) in each state, the District of Columbia and for the country as a whole. The reports provide first-of-a-kind, state–by–state breakdowns by gender on substance abuse and mental health problems experienced by adolescents. In addition, the reports provide data on adolescent treatment facilities and admission factors for each state, the District of Columbia and for the country as a whole.

Entitled Adolescent Behavioral Health: States in Brief, the reports provide the following information for each individual state, the District of Columbia and the country as a whole through a variety of charts, graphs and accompanying text:

• Adolescents’ risk perceptions associated with substance use
• Prevalence of illicit substance and alcohol use
• Number and type of substance abuse treatment facilities
• Numbers and trends on those seeking treatment for substance abuse
• Levels of those needing, but not receiving substance abuse treatment
• Levels of underage smoking
• Mental health indicators

“These reports provide state and local authorities vital information about substance using behaviors and service needs of adolescents in their communities,” said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H. “The public health community can use these data to develop programs targeted to the specific needs of adolescent boys and girls.”

These reports are available on the web at: http://samhsa.gov/statesinbrief/.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 12, 2009