Adolescent Mental Health Service Use and Reasons for Using Services in Specialty, Educational, and General Medical Settings

This report uses 2014 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) to estimate the of prevalence of mental health service use among adolescents aged 12 to 17, the setting for the services received (i.e., specialty, education, medical), and the reasons these adolescents receive mental health services were analyzed. Estimates are presented by age subgroups among adolescents, gender, race/ethnicity, and rural residence status.