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1 ARIZONA Adolescent Behavioral Health In Brief A Short Report from the Office of Applied Studies Adolescence (12 to 17 years) is a critical and vulnerable stage of human development, during which males and females experience different biological, social, and cognitive changes. During this life stage, millions of adolescents experiment with substance use and engage in behaviors that can affect healthy neurological and psychological development. Understanding the behavioral health differences between adolescent males and females can help to inform public health policy and build prevention and intervention programs that strategically target the different needs of adolescent males and females. Highlights: Adolescents in Arizona Approximately 66,000 (12.9 percent) adolescents in Arizona used an illicit drug in the past month; 45,000 adolescents (8.9 percent) used marijuana and 35,000 (6.8 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana. Adolescent females were significantly more likely than adolescent males (11.2 v. 6.7 percent) to have used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview percent of adolescents (96,000) used alcohol in the past month, and 12.4 percent (63,000) engaged in binge drinking. 37,000 Arizona adolescents (20,000 males and 17,000 females) needed but did not receive treatment for drug problems. This report provides a snapshot of behavioral health among adolescents in Arizona. National-level data on behavioral and cognitive differences between U.S. adolescent males and females is provided in a separate report entitled, Adolescent Behavioral Health in the United States, and is referenced at the end of this report. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2 A d o l e s c e n t B e h a v i o r a l H e a l t h 15,000 females (6.1 percent) and 16,000 males (6.2 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems. Adolescent females were more than three times as likely as adolescent males to have experienced an major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year (14.1 v. 4.4 percent). 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. Adolescent Risk Perceptions One factor that can influence adolescents decisions to use or not use tobacco, alcohol, or illicit drugs is the extent to which youths believe these substances might cause them harm. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 1 asks respondents how much they thought people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they use various substances in certain amounts or frequencies. Combined NSDUH revealed that Arizona adolescents were similar to those of the Nation as a whole; that is, nationwide, adolescents perceive: Smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day is a greater risk than binge drinking once or twice a week. Binge drinking once or twice a week is perceived to be more risky than smoking marijuana once a month. Arizona adolescents demonstrate exceptions to the national patterns of the rates of risk perceptions. Nationwide, the rates of the perception of risk associated with smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day and marijuana use once a month were significantly higher for adolescent females than for adolescent males, but in Arizona, the rates of the perception of risk associated with this behavior were similar between adolescent males and females (Chart 1). September
3 A R I Z O N A Illicit Substance Use 2 Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. 3 According to the combined NSDUH: Approximately 66,000 (12.9 percent) of the 511,000 adolescents in Arizona used an illicit drug in the past month; 45,000 (8.9 percent) used marijuana, and 35,000 (6.8 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana (Chart 2). There were no significant differences on measures of past-month illicit substance use between males and females in Arizona. The misuse of pain relievers among young adults is also a public health concern. 4 In Arizona, adolescent females were significantly more likely than adolescent males (11.2 v. 6.7 percent) to have used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview (Chart 3). 3
4 A d o l e s c e n t B e h a v i o r a l H e a l t h Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Arizona 18.8 percent of adolescents (96,000) used alcohol in the past month, and 12.4 percent (63,000) 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 Arizona adolescents were similar between males and females; 17.7 percent of males and 19.9 percent of females currently used alcohol, and 13.2 percent of males and 11.5 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview (Chart 4). Adolescent Tobacco Use During the month prior to the interview, approximately 28,000 males and 33,000 females used cigarettes in the past month and 34,000 males and 38,000 females reported using any form of tobacco. Rates of past-month tobacco use behaviors were similar between Arizona males and females (Chart 5). September
5 A R I Z O N A Adolescent Alcohol and Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse 5 According to the 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. Rates of past year drug or alcohol dependence or abuse were also similar between males and females in Arizona; 28,000 males and 26,000 females abused or were dependent on alcohol or drugs (Chart 6). 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), 7 which provides information on annual treatment admissions. 5
6 A d o l e s c e n t B e h a v i o r a l H e a l t h According to the 2006 N-SSATS survey: Arizona showed a 1-day total of 26,913 clients in treatment, the majority of whom (24,958 or 92.7 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment on this date, 2,097 (7.8 percent) were under the age of 18. According to TEDS data: Adolescent males accounted for 53 percent (1,844) of the 3,475 adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions. Of the total male admissions, 2.8 percent were alcohol only admissions, 20.5 percent were alcohol and drug admissions, 60.9 percent were other drugs only admissions, and 15.8 reported no treatment type. Of the total adolescent female admissions (1,591), 64.9 percent were other drugs only treatment, 18.2 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, 4.1 percent were alcohol only treatment, and 12.8 percent did not report treatment type (Chart 7). Among adolescent admissions, marijuana and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse. Of the total male admissions, 35.2 percent (663) reported marijuana use and 23.4 percent (440) reported alcohol use. Of the total female admissions, 27.7 percent (440) reported marijuana use and 22.3 percent (355) reported alcohol use. Further, 50.6 percent (1,757) of total admissions reported other substance use; 48 percent (899) of male admissions and 54 percent (858) of female admissions; and 2.3 percent (79) of total admissions reported cocaine use 2.1 percent (40) of male admissions and 2.5 percent (39) of female admissions. Similarly, 7.3 percent (253) of adolescent admissions reported methamphetamine use, 6.4 percent (120) of male admissions and 8.4 percent (133) of female admissions (Charts 8 and 9). September
7 A R I Z O N A UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT NSDUH estimates 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 : Rates of unmet need for past-year alcohol problems and rates of unmet need for past-year drug problems were similar between adolescent males and females in Arizona. 37,000 Arizona adolescents (20,000 males and 17,000 females) needed but did not receive treatment for drug problems in the past year (Chart 10). 15,000 females (6.1 percent) and 16,000 males (6.2 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems (Chart 11). 7
8 A d o l e s c e n t B e h a v i o r a l H e a l t h ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH Major Depressive Episodes NSDUH uses the DSM-IV to define a major depressive episode as a period of 2 or more weeks during which the individual experiences loss of interest, depressed mood, or loss of pleasure, and four or more additional symptoms. MDEs impacted more than 2.1 million adolescents nationwide in the year prior to the NSDUH surveys. Overall, adolescent females were almost three times more likely than adolescent males to experience a past-year MDE (12.7 v. 4.6 percent). Major Depressive Episodes Among Arizona Adolescents From , approximately 509,000 adolescents lived in Arizona; 260,000 males and 250,000 females. During this time period, the prevalence patterns of MDEs among adolescent males and females in Arizona were similar to the national patterns; Arizona adolescent females were more than three times as likely as adolescent males to have experienced an MDE in the past year (14.1 v. 4.4 percent) (Chart 12). Adolescent Mental Health Treatment in Arizona 8 In 2006, Arizona State Mental Health Authority (ASMHA) served 56,946 youth aged birth to 17 years, primarily through community programs. ASMHA clients aged birth to 17 years accounted for 28 percent of the total ASMHA client population in Of the 56,946 youth served by ASMHA, 100 percent of these children met the Federal definition for a serious emotional disturbance (SED), 9 45 percent of children served had co-occurring mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) disorders. September
9 A R I Z O N A For Further Information Adolescent Behavioral Health in the United States: Full Report is available at: A comprehensive listing of all NSDUH measures for every State is available at: Also, information about variations in incidence and prevalence of the NSDUH substance abuse and mental health measures within each State is available at: Data Sources Facility Data: National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) 2006 is available at: Center for Mental Health Services Uniform Reporting System Output Tables 2006 is available at: 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: icpsr.umich.edu/sda/samhda. Mental Health Treatment Data: Center for Mental Health Services Uniform Reporting System Output Tables 2006 is available at: MentalHealthStatistics/URS2006.asp. 9