Self-medication of mental health problems: new evidence from a national survey.( )(Author Abstract)

From: Health Services Research | Date: February 1, 2005| Author: Edlund, Mark J.; Harris, Katherine M. | Copyright information

Objective. To evaluate the association between past 30-day use of alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs and past year unmet need for and use of mental health care.

Data Source. A subsample of 18,849 respondents from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse and the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Subjects were between the ages of 18 and 65 years and had least one past year mental disorder symptom and no past year substance dependency.

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