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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 5. Referral routes for youth admitted to organized mental health care
in the United States in 1997
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Admissions |
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Inpatient
(N = 286,176) |
Outpatient
(N = 962,813) |
Residential care
(N = 65,949) |
Total
(N = 1,314,938) |
| |
% |
(SE) |
Sample N |
% |
(SE) |
Sample N |
% |
(SE) |
Sample N |
% |
(SE) |
Sample N |
| Referral Routes |
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|
|
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| Family-baseda |
27.7 |
4.6 |
130 |
40.2 |
1.6 |
1,158 |
8.9 |
2.8 |
28 |
35.8 |
1.5 |
1,316 |
| Social services |
8.9 |
1.6 |
68 |
16.7 |
1.3 |
499 |
37.3 |
4.7 |
198 |
16.1 |
1.1 |
765 |
| Inpatientc |
20.0 |
2.8 |
133 |
7.7 |
0.8 |
229 |
14.9 |
4.3 |
50 |
10.7 |
0.9 |
412 |
| Education system |
3.4 |
1.3 |
14 |
11.9 |
1.0 |
360 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
13 |
9.6 |
0.8 |
387 |
| Juvenile justiced |
10.5 |
1.5 |
84 |
8.5 |
0.8 |
233 |
27.8 |
5.7 |
122 |
9.9 |
0.8 |
439 |
| Mental health-basede |
22.1 |
2.7 |
142 |
6.4 |
0.8 |
178 |
6.9 |
2.0 |
26 |
9.9 |
0.8 |
346 |
| Medical-basedb |
6.9 |
1.9 |
40 |
8.2 |
1.1 |
186 |
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* |
3 |
7.6 |
0.9 |
229 |
| Other |
* |
* |
3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
10 |
- |
- |
0 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
13 |
Note: Youth population includes all children and
adolescents under age 18. This table represents 3,732 observations (1,217,774
weighted observations) from the 1997 Client Patient Sample Survey. U.S.
territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands were excluded
(21 observations).
a Family-based includes family, friend,
and self.
b Inpatient includes general medical hospital,
psychiatric hospital, inpatient alcohol or drug, emergency room, and residential
care.
c Juvenile justice includes police and court.
d Mental health-based includes private practice mental health
professional or outpatient mental health program.
e Medical-based
includes general medical program or physician.
* Estimate is based on five or fewer sample cases or has a relative standard
error of 50 percent or higher; therefore, it is not shown because it does
not meet standards of reliability. |
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