Profile of Adolescent Discharges from Substance Abuse Treatment

This report uses the 2011 Treatment Episode Data Set–Discharges (TEDS-D), a national data system of annual discharges from substance abuse treatment facilities, to create a profile of adolescents who enter treatment for substance abuse. Specifically, the report examines demographic characteristics of discharges from treatment, treatment setting, health insurance, primary substance of abuse, criminal justice referral, and treatment disposition.