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Hampshire Teen Addiction Treatment Programs
Information provided in this page is the data
described in the Adolescent Behavioral Health reports derive
principally from national surveys conducted by the Office
of Applied Studies, a component of the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration. Sources for all data
used in this report appear at the end.
ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE BY TEENS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
• In New Hampshire approximately 13,000 (11.1 percent)
adolescents used an illicit drug in the past
month; 10,000 (8.9 percent) used marijuana, and 5,000 (4.6
percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• In New Hampshire adolescent females
were significantly more likely than males to have used pain
relievers nonmedically in the past year (8.5 v. 5.0 percent).
• In New Hampshire 19.7 percent (23,000) of adolescents
used alcohol in the past month, and 11.9 percent
(14,000) engaged in binge drinking.
• In New Hampshire 4,000 adolescents
males and 3,000 adolescent females needed
but did not receive treatment for past-year drug problems.
• In New Hampshire 4,000 adolescent females
(7.0 percent) and 3,000 males (5.2 percent) needed but did not
receive treatment for alcohol problems.
• Adolescent females in New Hampshire were approximately
three times as likely as adolescent males to have experienced
a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year
(16.0 v. 5.7 percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 13,000 (11.1 percent) of the 114,000
adolescents in New Hampshire used an
illicit drug in the past month; 10,000 (8.9 percent) used
marijuana, and 5,000 (4.6 percent)
used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and females in New Hampshire.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public
health concern. Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in New Hampshire
• In New Hampshire, 3,000 adolescent males and 5,000 adolescent
females used pain relievers nonmedically in
the 12 months prior to the interview
• Females were significantly more likely than males
to have used pain relievers nonmedically
in the past year (8.5 v. 5.0 percent).
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
• 19.7 percent (23,000) of adolescents used alcohol in
the past month, and 11.9 percent (14,000) engaged in binge drinking.
Binge drinking is defined as 5 or more drinks
on the
same occasion on at least 1 day of past 30 days.
• Rates of current alcohol use and past-month binge
drinking among New Hampshire adolescents were similar between
males and females; 19.4 percent of males and 20.1 percent
of females currently used alcohol, and 12.5 percent of males
and 11.3 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the
month prior to the interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR
ABUSE
According to the 2003–2006 NSDUH:
• Nationwide nearly 1.5 million adolescents were dependent
on or abused alcohol in the past year and more than 1.2 million
adolescents were dependent or abused illicit drugs.
• Overall, the rates of past-year abuse or dependence
on alcohol were significantly higher for females than males
(6.0 v. 5.4 percent), but rates of past-year abuse or dependence
on illicit drugs were similar between males and females.
• In New Hampshire, rates of alcohol and drug
dependence or abuse were similar between males and
females; 6,000 males and 6,000 females abused or were dependent
on alcohol or drugs in the past year.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
State treatment data for substance use disorders are derived
from two primary sources: (1) National Survey of Substance
Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS),6 an annual 1-day census
of clients in treatment and (2) the Treatment Episode Data
Set (TEDS), which provides information on annual treatment
admissions.
According to the 2006 N-SSATS survey:
• New Hampshire showed a 1-day total of 4,083 clients
in treatment, the majority of whom
(3,706 or 90.8 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the
total number of clients in treatment on this date, 502 (12.3
percent) were under the age of 18.
According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• Adolescent males accounted for 65.6 percent (922)
of the 1,405 total adolescent substance abuse treatment
admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 22.1 percent were drug
treatment admissions, 69.0 percent were alcohol
and drug treatment, and 8.8 percent were alcohol
treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions,
17.1 percent were drug treatment admissions,
71.3 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 11.1 percent
were alcohol treatment.
Among adolescent admissions, marijuana and alcohol were the
most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 87.6 percent
(1,171) reported marijuana use, and 77.7 percent (1,039) reported
alcohol use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 79.9 percent
(541) reported marijuana use, and 82.4 percent (558) reported
alcohol use.
• Further, 8.5 percent of total admissions reported
cocaine use, 7.1 percent (95) of male admissions and 11.4
percent (77) of female admissions. Also, 5.5 percent of total
admissions reported opiates/synthetics use, 4.6 percent (62)
of male admissions and 7.2 percent (49) of female admissions.
Thirty-two males and 32 females reported other drug use.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
NSDUH 2003–2006 estimates that more than 1.16 million
adolescents needed but did not receive treatment
for illicit drug problems and more than 1.3 million
needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.
NSDUH defines “unmet treatment need” as an individual
who meets the criteria for abuse of or dependence
on illicit drugs or alcohol according to the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV),
but who has not received specialty treatment for that problem
in the past year.
In 2003–2006,
• There were no significant differences in rates of
the unmet need for treatment between males and females.
• 7,000 New Hampshire adolescents (4,000
males and 3,000 females) needed but did not receive treatment
for past-year drug problems.
Sources:
Facility Data: National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services (N-SSATS)–2006 is available at: http://www.dasis.samhsa.gov.
Center for Mental Health Services Uniform Reporting
System Output Tables 2006 is available at: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.
gov/cmhs/MentalHealthStatistics/URS2006.asp
Substance Abuse Treatment Data: Treatment Episode Data Set–Concatenated
File–is available from the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Data Archive: http://www. icpsr.umich.edu/SDA/SAMHDA.
Mental Health Treatment Data: Center for Mental Health Services
Uniform Reporting System Output Tables 2006 is available at:
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/ MentalHealthStatistics/URS2006.asp.
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