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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 3. Presenting problems of youth admitted to organized mental health care
in the United States by program service setting in 1997
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Program Service Setting |
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Inpatient
(N = 286,176) |
Outpatient
(N = 962,813) |
Residential care
(N = 65,949) |
Total
(N = 1,314,938) |
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% |
Standard Error |
% |
Standard Error |
% |
Standard Error |
% |
Standard Error |
| Presenting Problemsa |
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| Family Problems |
47.3 |
3.5 |
48.9 |
1.8 |
72.4 |
4.1 |
49.7 |
1.6 |
| Depressed or anxious moodb |
64.5 |
3.5 |
40.0 |
1.6 |
55.7 |
4.6 |
46.1 |
1.5 |
| School coping |
44.4 |
3.6 |
41.3 |
1.6 |
57.2 |
5.6 |
42.7 |
1.5 |
| Aggression |
48.7 |
3.6 |
35.5 |
1.5 |
66.2 |
4.5 |
39.9 |
1.4 |
| Suicidality |
55.4 |
3.1 |
14.3 |
1.3 |
27.8 |
3.3 |
24.0 |
1.3 |
| Abuse or neglect victim |
20.3 |
2.5 |
18.6 |
1.2 |
47.2 |
4.2 |
20.4 |
1.1 |
| Alcohol or drug use |
25.7 |
2.9 |
11.3 |
0.9 |
31.2 |
3.8 |
15.4 |
1.0 |
| Skill deficits |
10.1 |
2.3 |
14.8 |
1.5 |
23.7 |
5.7 |
14.5 |
1.2 |
| Social withdrawal |
17.0 |
3.4 |
15.4 |
1.5 |
19.7 |
3.7 |
16.1 |
1.3 |
| Delinquent behaviorc |
24.5 |
2.4 |
14.8 |
1.0 |
55.6 |
4.2 |
19.0 |
1.0 |
Note: Youth population includes all children and
adolescents under age 18. This table represents 4,014 observations (1,314,938
weighted observations) from the 1997 Client Patient Sample Survey. U.S.
territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands were excluded
(21 observations).
a Percentages do not add up to 100 because
multiple presenting problems could be coded for each child.
b
Index includes depressed mood, eating disturbance, post-traumatic stress,
phobia, grief and loss, sleep problems, anxiety, and self-harm.
c
Index includes runaway, fire-setting, delinquency, abuse perpetrator, sexual
aggression, and involvement with juvenile justice system. |
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