• Utilization of health and mental health services by noninstitutionalized persons aged 18
years and older is examined based on interviews with probability samples of 3,000 to 3,500 …

• The use of ambulatory and inpatient mental health and addiction services in the United
States was estimated by means of data from the National Institute of Mental Health …

• Utilization of general medical and mental health services by respondents in the Los
Angeles Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) site was compared with that in three ECA …

METHOD All data on use of services were obtained from a study sponsored by the National
Institute of Mental Health. The study collected population, use, and cost information for …

Abstract The National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Survey is a
comprehensive, community-based survey of mental disorders and use of services by adults …

• A substantial amount of ambulatory mental health services are received outside of the
specialty mental health sector; however, precise estimates are lacking. To determine …

METHOD The data for this report are from the National Institute of Mental Health (N1MH)
Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program, a multisite general population survey of the …

• After initial interviews with 20 291 adults in the National Institute of Mental Health
Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program, we estimated prospective 1-year prevalence and …

• The National Institute of Mental Health multisite Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA)
program is described in the context of four previous psychiatric epidemiologic surveys that …

Based on data from the five sites of the National Institute of Mental Health-sponsored
Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Program, this paper examines the prevalence of …