Homeless Resources: Mental Illness / Mental Health

Mental Illness / Mental Health

Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program

The Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program develops standards for colleting mental health information or data—how to collect it, what needs to be collected, where to find what others have collected, how to understand what you find, how to report it so other people can understand it, and how to use it to make decisions.

National Center for Health Statistics

This is the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency. The agency provides a wide variety of data with which to monitor the Nation's health.

Office of Applied Studies

(OAS) - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Office of Applied Studies provides the latest National data on (1) alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drug abuse, (2) drug-related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and (3) the Nations substance abuse treatment system.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive

(SAMHDA) - is a data analysis system housed at the University of Michigan and funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

CMHS Mental Health Statistics

The Mental Health Statistics program of the Center for Mental Health Services.

National Vital Statistics Reports

This report presents the final 1999 data on U.S. deaths and death rates according to demographic and medical characteristics. Trends and patterns in general mortality, life expectancy, and infant mortality are also described.