Psychiatry Resources

Coordinated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the BRFSS is a state-based system of health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury. World’s largest telephone survey; it tracks health risks of adults in the US.

Links to data compiled by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), included data on behavioral health outcomes and mental health facilities.

"The IPFQR Program gives consumers care quality information to help them make more informed decisions about their healthcare options. This includes providing consumers with data about quality measures that aim to assess and foster improvement in the quality of care provided to patients with mental illness."

Includes the following statistical reports and factsheets: Treatment Outcomes; Women In Substance Abuse Treatment; Injection Drug Use In Substance Abuse Treatment; Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Facts. Also contains links to treatment programs by Programs by Cities, Towns and Region

"First large-scale field survey of mental health in the United States."

Includes information on drugs of abuse; data tables and figures from the Monitoring the Future study; fact sheets and other online publications. Produced by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WISQARS provides customized reports of injury-related data, including intentional self-harm.

YRBSS monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults. Includes a national school-based survey conducted by CDC as well as state, territorial, and local school-based surveys conducted by education and health agencies.