Measuring Recovery from Substance Use or Mental Disorders

In February 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore options for expanding the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) behavioral health data collections to include measures of recovery from substance use and mental disorder. Participants discussed options for collecting data and producing estimates of recovery from substance use and mental disorders, including available measures and associated possible data collection mechanisms. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Introduction2 Policy Context and Key Concepts3 SAMHSA's Definition of Recovery4 Defining and Operationalizing Recovery from Substance Use5 Defining and Operationalizing Recovery from Mental Disorders6 Measures of Recovery7 Data Collection Designs8 Key Themes and Possible Next StepsAppendix A: Workshop AgendaAppendix B: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members and SpeakersCommittee on National Statistics