Behavioral health (BH) conditions are rising among older adults, who are less likely to receive mental health (MH) or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment compared to younger adults. This study examined the availability of care for older adults in outpatient BH facilities across the United States both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Types of Facilities Substance Use Disorder (SUD): A South Dakota governing statute defines two categories of facilities (an accredited prevention or treatment facility and a designated prevention or treatment facility) although neither definition references treatment setting, residential or otherwise:
Substance Use Disorder (SUD): New Jersey regulates residential SUD treatment facilities or programs, which means “a facility, or a distinct part of a facility that provides care for the treatment” of SUDs, for 24 or more consecutive hours to two or more clients who are not related to the governing authority or its members by marriage, blood or adoption. This includes facilities that ...
Moreover, SUD treatment systems and related human services programs are inadequately equipped to address the types of health and social needs that people of color are more likely to experience, such as the consequences of criminal justice involvement resulting from substance use (Cook and Alegría 2011).
This brief assesses whether and how rates of substance use and substance use disorder (SUD) among adults (ages 18 and older) differ by race and ethnicity. The authors combine five years of data, 2015-2019, from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to create sample sizes large enough to examine specific racial and ethnic groups for specific categories of drug use.
Types of Facilities Mental Health (MH) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD): Colorado regulates Acute Treatment Units (ATUs). An ATU is a designated facility or a distinct part of a facility for short-term psychiatric care. An ATU provides a 24 hour, therapeutically planned and professionally staffed environment for individuals who do not require inpatient hospitalization but need more intense and ...