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Drug-related Mental Illness

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 6 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged 15 to 25 years were treated for drug-related mental health problems in each year since 2002. (106922)

Information is not available in the requested format. Information on the number of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) for both the primary diagnosis and all diagnoses for drug related mental health problems is shown in the table. Please note that the information includes mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco and alcohol.

Count of FCEs for drug related mental health problems for patients aged 15-25, NHSHospitals, EnglandICD-10 codes2004-052003-042002-03Primary diagnosisAll diagnosesPrimary diagnosisAll diagnosesPrimary diagnosisAll diagnosesDrug related mental health problems including alcohol and tobacco7,28426,0116,50823,1135,83220,213 Notes: 1. Finished consultant episode (FCE) A FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. 2 Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year. 3. All diagnoses count as episodes. These figures represent a count of all FCEs where the diagnosis was mentioned in any of the 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in a HES record. 4. Diagnosis (primary diagnosis) The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. 5. The ICD-10 codes used in this analysis were as follows: F11—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids. F12—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cannabinoids. F13—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of sedatives or hypnotics. F14—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cocaine. F15—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of other stimulants, including caffeine.F16—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of hallucinogens. F18—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of volatile solvents.F19—Mental and behavioural disorders due to multiple drug use and use of other psychoactive substances. F55—Abuse of non-dependence-producing substances. F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol. F17—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, The Information Centre for health and social care.