Mental Health
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.1,2
Mental health data can be obtained from a variety of state and national data sources. Additional data sources include:
- Treatment Episode Datasets (TEDS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Hospital Discharge Data for inpatient and ED visits relating to mental health disorders
- Mortality data provides deaths due to suicides, mental disorders, and illness
Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Data (NJBRFS)
- Mental Health Past 30 Days - Crude Rates
- Mental Health Past 30 Days - Age-adjusted Rates
- Doctor-diagnosed Depression - Crude Rates
- Doctor-diagnosed Depression - Age-adjusted Rates
- Treatment for Current Mental Health Problem - Crude Rates
- Treatment for Current Mental Health Problem - Age-adjusted Rates
Hospitalizations: Emergency Department and Inpatient
Mental Diseases and Disorders are listed in the Primary Diagnosis Category and Major Diagnostic Categories sections of the Diagnoses step of each query builder screen.Mortality: Cause of Death
Intentional Self-harm (Suicide) is listed in the 24, 50, and 113 cause of death groupings of the Cause of Death step of each query builder screen.New Jersey Department of Human Services and Department of Children and Families
- State Psychiatric Hospital Reports
- Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services
- New Jersey Youth Suicide Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- CDC Mental Health
- MentalHealth.gov
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Healthy People 2020
- Healthy People 2030
