Prevalence of substance-use disorders – DSM-5 criteria

In 2012 and 2013, the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions – III conducted 36,309 in-person interviews with adults across the US.^[1] The resulting data were used to estimate rates of substance-use disorder, specifically according to the DSM-5 criteria;^[1] an important consideration because changes were made to criteria for substance-use and addictive disorders in the DSM-5 relative to previous versions.^[2]

References:
[1] Grant BF, Saha TD, Ruan WJ, et al. Epidemiology of DSM-5 drug use disorder: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions – III. JAMA Psychiatry 2016; 73 (1): 39–47.

[2] American Psychiatric Association (APA). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5^th edition. American Psychiatric Association, 2013.