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elapse to substance use after a
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period of abstinence is a com-
● In 1999, about 40 percent of mon pattern among alcoholics
substance abuse treatment and drug abusers. Many substance abus-
admissions were first ers are readmitted to treatment multiple
treatment episodes and 60 times before they are able to achieve
percent were repeat treatment long-term abstinence.
episodes
The Treatment Episode Data Set
● Alcohol accounted for about
half of new and repeat (TEDS) collects data primarily on the
admissions 1.6 million annual admissions to sub-
stance abuse treatment facilities that
● Abuse of opiates was more receive some public funds. TEDS
common among repeat
records represent admissions rather than
admissions than new
individuals; a person may be admitted to
admissions
treatment more than once in a given
● Age at first use of the primary time period. TEDS data include the
substance varied little among number of prior treatment episodes and
new and repeat treatment the age at first use of the primary sub-
admissions stance (or first alcohol intoxication).
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DASIS REPORT: NEW AND REPEAT ADMISSIONS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT April 26, 2002
Figure 1. Primary Substance of Abuse among First-Time Admissions and Repeat Admissions: 1999
5 or More
First Time in Treatment 1-4 Previous Admissions Previous Admissions
Figure 2. Average Age at Admission among Figure 3. Average Age at First Use or First
First-Time Admissions and Repeat Intoxication among First-Time Admissions and
Admissions, by Primary Substance: 1999 Repeat Admissions, by Primary Substance: 1999
40
40 40
36 36 37
35 35
34 34 35
32
30 31
Age at Admission
30 29 30
10 10
0 0
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