Table 12. Residential care under care— Number and percent of total persons under care, by selected principal diagnoses and type of residential care program: United States, 1997

Residential care program
Selected principal diagnoses Total, all residential care programs RTCs for emotionally disturbed children All other organizations1
Number
Drug-related disorders 1,820 * 1,379
Affective disorders 14,964 4,738 10,226
Schizophrenia 29,150 * 27,506
Personality disorders 964 520 444
Adjustment disorders * 1,368 *
Organic disorders 754 * 733
Attention/conduct and developmental disorders 13,557 10,815 2,742
Percent
Drug-related disorders 2.2 * 2.5
Affective disorders 18.0 17.1 18.5
Schizophrenia 35.2 * 49.8
Personality disorders 1.2 1.9 0.8
Adjustment disorders * 4.9 *
Organic disorders 0.9 * 1.3
Attention/conduct and developmental disorders 16.4 39.1 5.0

Source: 1997 Client/Patient Sample Survey. Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.

1 Includes the residential care programs of State and county mental hospitals, private psychiatric hospitals, non-Federal general hospitals, VA medical centers, and multiservice mental health organizations.
* Estimate is based on five or fewer sample cases or estimate has a relative standard error of 50% or higher. The estimate is not shown because it does not meet standards of reliability.

Note: Percentages do not add to 100% because only selected diagnoses are shown.

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