The Behavioral Health Barometer: United States, Volume 6: Indicators as measured through the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, is one of a series of national, regional, and state reports that provide a snapshot of substance use and mental health in the United States.

Provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Selected statistics on a variety of Mental Health topics.

The information on these pages includes currently available statistics on the prevalence and treatment of mental illnesses among the U.S. population.

Congressional Research Service report, January 19, 2018. Opens as a PDF.

National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief No. 330, November 2018

National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief No. 309, June 2018

CDC uses surveys, like the National Survey of Children’s Health, to understand which children have diagnosed mental disorders and whether they received treatment. In this type of survey, parents report on the diagnoses their child has received from a healthcare provider.

Global mental health statistics compiled by the World Health Organization.

Public-use data files are prepared and disseminated to provide access to the full scope of the data. This allows researchers to manipulate the data in a format appropriate for their analyses. NCHS makes every effort to release data collected through its surveys and data systems in a timely manner.

The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), 1994-2008 [Public Use] is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents in grades 7 through 12 during the 1994-1995 school year.