New and Repeat Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment; SAMHSA,Office of Applied Studies

New and Repeat Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment

The DASIS Report: New and Repeat Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment

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In 1999, about 40 percent of substance abuse treatment admissions were first treatment episodes and 60 percent were repeat substance abuse treatment episodes.

Alcohol accounted for about half of new and repeat substance abuse treatment admissions.

Abuse of opiates was more common among repeat substance abuse treatment admissions than new admissions.

Age at first use of the primary substance varied little among new and repeat substance abuse treatment admissions.

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Other data on alcohol

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: New and Repeat Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment , is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment. DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

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