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Contributing Factors of Substance Abuse: Mental Illness, Mental Illness Treatment and Health Insurance

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2017, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, Youngstown State University, Department of Criminal Justice and Consumer Sciences.
To gain a better perspective of contributing factors to substance abuse this thesis will examine the relationship between substance abuse, mental illness, previous mental health treatment and health insurance coverage. It is estimated that about 4 million of the 17.5 million people diagnosed with a mental illness also suffer from substance abuse (Important Statistics on Dual Diagnosis, n.d.). This study is a secondary analysis on the results from the 2013 National Survey of Drug Use and Health. The results from this survey is provided by random households in the United States from individuals aged 12 years and older. I test the following research questions: Is there a correlation between a person's mental health and their likeliness to abuse illegal drugs? Does previous mental health treatment decrease the likelihood that an individual will abuse drugs? Lastly, does not having health insurance increase the likelihood of drug abuse? The findings indicate that the presence of a mental illness, especially a severe mental illness, is correlated with a higher substance abuse rate than individuals without a mental illness or who are suffering from a less severe mental illness. It was also found that persons who had received mental health treatment were more likely to abuse substances than someone who had not received treatment. Lastly, the results showed that individuals without health insurance were more likely to abuse substances than someone with health insurance.
John Hazy, PhD (Advisor)
Richard Rogers, PhD (Committee Member)
Christopher Bellas, PhD (Committee Member)
60 p.

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  • Bridge, L. (2017). Contributing Factors of Substance Abuse: Mental Illness, Mental Illness Treatment and Health Insurance [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1516979553258238

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bridge, Laurie. Contributing Factors of Substance Abuse: Mental Illness, Mental Illness Treatment and Health Insurance. 2017. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1516979553258238.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bridge, Laurie. "Contributing Factors of Substance Abuse: Mental Illness, Mental Illness Treatment and Health Insurance." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1516979553258238

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)