TABLE 1.

—12-Month Prevalences of Any Treatment for Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Minimally Adequate Treatment, by Type of Disorder: United States, 1990–1992

	Receiving Any Treatment, Among Those With SMI and Specific Disorders		Receiving Minimally Adequate Treatment, Among Those With SMI and Specific Disorders		Not Receiving Minimally Adequate Treatment, Among Those With SMI and Specific Disorders
	No. (%)	SE	No. (%)	SE	No. (%)	SE
Anxiety disorder	289 (39.4)	3.7	113 (48.5)	4.7	289 (81.1)	2.0
Mood disorder	250 (45.8)	3.8	113 (48.2)	4.1	250 (78.2)	2.6
Nonaffective psychosis	18 (55.9)	12.4	10 (7.3)	4.6	18 (95.9)	1.9
Any of the above disorders	361 (40.0)	3.4	142 (38.9)	3.8	361 (84.7)	1.9

Note. “Any treatment” was defined as having made at least 1 visit for a mental health problem to a general medical physician, other physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or counselor in the past 12 months. “Minimally adequate treatment” was defined as having received the following in the previous 12 months: for mood disorder and anxiety disorder, (1) an appropriate medication (antidepressant or mood stabilizer for mood disorder and antidepressant or anxiolytic for anxiety disorder) plus at least 4 visits to a psychiatrist, general medical physician, or other physician, or (2) in the absence of an appropriate medication, at least 8 visits to a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or counselor; for nonaffective psychosis, an appropriate medication (antipsychotic medication) plus at least 4 visits to a psychiatrist, general medical physician, or other physician; and for “any of the above disorders,” minimally adequate treatment as defined above for any mood disorder, anxiety disorder, or nonaffective psychosis in the previous 12 months.