Grant Announcement
Grant Announcement Mental and Substance Use Disorders Prevalence Study Application Due Date: Friday, August 16, 2019 SAMHSA is accepting applications for the Mental and Substance Use Disorders Prevalence Study (MDPS). In 2017, an estimated 35.4 million adults (14.3 percent) in U.S. households had a mental illness in the past year, and 18.7 million had a substance use disorder (SUD), while 8.5 million had both a mental disorder and SUD (co-occurring disorders). Of those with a mental illness, 11.2 million adults (24.0 percent) had serious functional impairment (serious mental illness [SMI]) that interfered with or limited one or more major life activities. Only 33% of those living with SMI received the care they needed. These data highlight that mental illness, particularly SMI, is a significant public health problem with substantial unmet treatment needs in the United States. However, current surveillance systems leave sev...
