18-9


18-9.		Increase the proportion of adults with mental disorders who receive treatment.

Target and baseline:

Objective	Increase in Adults With Mental Disorders Receiving Treatment	1997 Baseline (unless noted)	2010 Target
Objective		Percent
18-9a.	Adults aged 18 to 54 years with serious mental illness	47 (1991)	55
18-9b.	Adults aged 18 years and older with recognized depression	23	50
18-9c.	Adults aged 18 years and older with schizophrenia	60 (1984)	75
18-9d.	Adults aged 18 years and older with generalized anxiety disorder	38	50

Target setting method: 17 percent improvement for 18-9a. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.) Better than the best for 18-9b, 18-9c, and 18-9d.

Data sources: Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Program, NIH, NIMH; National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), SAMHSA, OAS; National Comorbidity Survey, SAMHSA, CMHS; NIH, NIMH.

Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Mental Disorders, 1997 (unless noted)	Received Treatment
	18-9a. Serious Mental Illness (aged 18 to 54 years) (1991)	18-9b. Recog- nized Depres- sion	18-9c. Schizo- phrenia (1984)	18-9d. Gener- alized Anxiety Disorder
	Percent
TOTAL	47	23	60	38
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DNA	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DNA	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian	DNA	DNC	DSU	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNA	DNC	DSU	DNC
Black or African American	DNA	16	DNC	26
White	DNA	24	DNC	39

Hispanic or Latino	DNA	20	42	DSU
Not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNC	DNC	40
Black or African American	DNA	DNA	41	DNA
White	DNA	DNA	63	DNA
Gender
Female	DNA	24	63	32
Male	DNA	21	51	49
Education level
Less than high school	DNA	22	48	48
High school graduate	DNA	19	71	34
At least some college	DNA	28	66	32
Sexual orientation	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.