This is one in a series of brief state-based reports intended to give the reader a quick overview of substance abuse and mental health issues within a single state. The data derive principally from national surveys conducted by the Office of Applied Studies, a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Sources for all data used in this report appear at the end.

Prevalence of Illicit Substance and Alcohol Use in West Virginia
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) generates state-level estimates for 23 measures of substance use and mental health problems for four age groups: the entire state population over the age of 12 (12+); individuals age 12 to 17; individuals age 18 to 25; and individuals age 26 and older (26+). Since state estimates of substance use and abuse were first generated using the combined 2002–2003 NSDUHs and continuing until the most recent state estimates based on the combined 2005–2006 surveys, West Virginia has ranked among the ten states with the highest rates on the following measures.

Although addiction treatment facilities in West Virginia may offer more than one modality of care, the majority of facilities (60 of 83 or 72%) offered some form of outpatient treatment. A total of 25 addiction treatment facilities offered some form of residential care, and 8 facilities provided opioid treatment. In addition, 51 physicians and 18 programs are certified to provide buprenorphine treatment for opiate addiction.

In 2006, 61 addiction treatment facilities (74%) received some form of Federal, State, county, or local government funds, and 39 facilities had agreements or contracts with managed care organizations for the provision of substance abuse treatment services.

Substance Abuse Treatment in West Virginia
State treatment data for substance use disorders are derived from two primary sources—an annual one-day census in N-SSATS and annual addiction treatment admissions from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).4 In the 2006 N-SSATS survey, West Virginia showed a total of 8,691 clients in addiction treatment, the majority of whom (8,075 or 93%) were in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients in addiction treatment on this date, 382 (4%) were under the age of 18.

The percentage of admissions mentioning particular drugs or alcohol at the time of admission. Across the last 6 years for which data are available, there has been a decline in the number of admissions mentioning alcohol and a substantive increase in the number of admissions mentioning opiates other than heroin as a substance of abuse.

West Virginia has seen a change in the constellation of problems present at addiction treatment admission. Treatment for Alcohol-only admissions have decreased from 42 percent of all admissions in 2001 to 35 percent in 2006. Concomitantly, treatment for drug-only admissions have slightly increased from 29 percent in 2001 to 34 percent in 2006, and admissions with both alcohol and drugs have increased almost four-fold from 8 percent in 2001 to 31 percent in 2006.

Unmet Need for Treatment in Virginia
NSDUH defines unmet treatment need as an individual who meets the criteria for abuse of or dependence on illicit drugs or alcohol according to the DSM-IV, but who has not received specialty treatment for that problem in the past year.

Conversely, unmet need for alcohol treatment in West Virginia has generally been at or below the national rate for all age groups and particularly for that age 26 and older.

Source:
http://www.samhsa.gov

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