TEDS Treatment Episode

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Treatment episode data set (TEDS), 1999. Available at http //www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR STUDY/03314.xml. Accessed Feburary 13, 2004... 

Sources UNODC Annual Reports Questionnaires data (ARQ), SIDUC, Treatment Centres Data 1998, Drug of impact, SIDUC 1997 Report, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Treatment episode dataset TEDS, USA Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU), Morbidity Statistics 200 2001 (separations related to illicit drug use)... 

Hospital admissions due to benzodiazepine abuse have been studied as well. According to the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, tranquilizers such as the benzodiazepines were the primary substance of 0.3% of TEDS admissions in 1998. In addition, 39% of patients admitted for tranquilizer use reported abuse of alcohol as well as tranquilizers. Admissions for tranquilizer abuse were mostly female (48%) and white (90%). 

Heroin abusers comprise the vast majority of those in treatment for opiate abuse. According to the SAMH-SA s Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), only 1% of admissions for addiction treatment recorded in 1999 were related to opiates other than heroin. However, the number of these admissions that was for opium itself cannot be determined from the available data because opium is categorized with all other drugs with morphinelike effects. Methadone was part of the treatment plan for 22% of those admitted. 

Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1994-1999. National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services. DASIS Series S-14, DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 01-3550. Rockville, MD Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 2001. . 

TEDS correlates the referral sources to substance abuse treatment centers with the number of admissions to these facilities. Note that TEDS defines admissions as annual treatment episodes rather than the number of individuals entering treatment. Therefore, one person could enter treatment and be treated several times over the course of a year. These multiple episodes are counted as multiple admissions. When reviewing the findings below, keep in mind that the number of admissions is not the same as the number of individuals seeking treatment for drug dependency. 

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