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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use among Adults

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This chart book reports estimates of mental health service use among adults in the United States within different racial and ethnic groups. Highlights include past year use of mental health service, use of prescription psychiatric medication, and use of outpatient and inpatient mental health service.

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SMA15-4906
Publication Date
July 2015

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