People with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) live in many different types of settings including homes of their own, with a family member, with a host or foster family, or in a provider owned or operated setting. Most live with a family member and receive informal supports from family members and friends. Some also receive supports…

This report is based on the 2011-2012 Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) data set, which closed on June 30, 2012. Data was contributed by 120 colleges and universities describing 81,000 unique college students seeking treatment, 2,823 clinicians, and over 730,567 appointments. In addition to summarizing data, these annual reports are…

This publication reports statistics on persons with mental retardation and related conditions in state-operated residential facilities in the United States, based on a survey questionnaire completed by 50 states and the District of Columbia. Part 1 presents 12 tables that provide facility, population, and cost statistics for Fiscal Year 1990 that…

This report compares Hispanic American admissions with white and black admissions to selected mental health facilities in 1975. It focuses on differences and similarities in the use of mental health facilities by the three racial/ethnic groups as related to age, sex, marital status, educational attainment, source of referral, previous psychiatric…

Spanish Americans admitted to State and county mental hospitals in the U.S. during 1972 were examined. Purpose was to show if and how they differed from admissions of other ethnic groups in terms of their demographic composition (age, sex, and marital status), their socioeconomic level as measured by educational attainment, their diagnostic…

The extent to which Canadian employers recognize the informally acquired first languages of immigrants and aboriginal persons as prior learning qualifications for formal employment in the business, government, and education sectors was examined through a survey of organizations across Ontario. Personalized questionnaires were mailed to a sample of…