10 Percent of US Adults Have Drug Use Disorder at Some Point

• By: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• April 1st, 2016
• addiction treatment, co-occurring disorders, drug use disorder, DSM 5, mental health disorders, psychiatric disorders, public health research, substance use disorders
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A survey of American adults revealed that drug use disorder is common, co-occurs with a range of mental health disorders and often goes untreated. The study, funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that about 4...