Mental health related diagnoses were the fifth most common diagnostic category (103,844 patients) and had the highest overall number of visits per patient (4.93).
The top 10 mental health diagnoses are rank ordered below.
The average visits per patient varied from 2.01 for drug abuse and 3.66 for alcohol disorders to 6.51 for personality disorders and 8.11 for eating disorders.
The remaining mental health diagnoses clustered around the 4.93 overall average for mental health diagnoses.
Percent of Patients with Each Mental Health Diagnosis
- 44.3% Anxiety
- 33.5% Depression
- 19.2% Psychosocial stressors
- 16.8% Adjustment Disorders
- 13.3% Drug Abuse
- 11.8% ADHD
- 6.2% Eating Disorders
- 5.7% Bipolar & Psychotic Disorders
- 4.4% Alcohol Disorders
- 1.3% Personality Disorders
James Turner, M.D. is Executive Director of NSNI & Principal Investigator of the CHSN project.
