[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66423-66424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18250]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-0361.
Proposed Project: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (OMB No. 0930-
0110)
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is a survey of
the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population aged 12 years old
or older. The data are used to provide estimates of substance use and
mental illness at the national, state, and substate levels. NSDUH data
also help to identify the extent of substance use and mental illness
among different subgroups, estimate trends over time, and determine the
need for treatment services. The results are used by SAMHSA, the Office
of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Federal Government agencies,
and other organizations and researchers to establish policy, direct
program activities, and better allocate resources.
For the 2025 NSDUH, SAMHSA is proposing to change the name of the
study to the National Household Survey on Behavioral Health (NHSBH) to
emphasize the inclusion of the long-standing mental health-related
survey elements and to clarify for key stakeholders the full content of
the survey's questions and data. The proposed name change will
facilitate participant, researcher, and public understanding that the
NSDUH is focused on both drug use but also mental health. The current
name of the survey does not specifically capture questionnaire items
across substance use and mental health, both separately and as co-
occurring conditions. In addition, the name change will better align
the survey with SAMHSA's mission.
The survey's name is currently well recognized by those in the
community, states, and academia, and this recognition comes from the
quality of the established information provided. The continuing
excellence of the information provided is anticipated to re-establish
the recognition of the survey with the new name. It is anticipated that
changing the name of the survey will highlight, in addition to
substance, mental health components.
SAMHSA is committed to addressing any concerns with a name change
that may lead to confusion and/or misperception among some stakeholders
and the general public, which could affect participation in the survey,
misinterpretation of changes with the survey's content or purpose, or
difficulty locating the pertinent information about the study's
results. Nonetheless, these potential stakeholder responses and
challenges will be addressed by emphasizing the significance of a name
that reflects the complete content of the survey. A new name may also
facilitate discussions on substance use and co-occurring mental health
disorders.
Efforts will be made to promote, market, and educate about the
well-established quality and applicability of the survey results. These
efforts may spark enhanced interest in the survey and the uptake of the
results in publications and reports.
As with all NSDUH/NHSDA \1\ surveys conducted since 1999, the
sample size of the NSDUH main study for 2025 will be sufficient to
permit prevalence estimates for each of the fifty states and the
District of Columbia. The total annual burden estimate for the NSDUH
main study is shown below in Table 1.
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\1\ Prior to 2002, the NSDUH was referred to as the National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA).
Table 1--Annualized Estimated Burden for 2025 NSDUH
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Number of Responses per Total number Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent of responses response hours
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Household Screening............. 285,894 1 285,894 0.083 23,729
Interview....................... 67,507 1 67,507 1.008 68,047
Screening Verification.......... 6,004 1 6,004 0.067 402
Interview Verification.......... 7,088 1 7,088 0.067 475
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Total....................... 366,493 .............. 366,493 .............. 92,653
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Mental Illness Calibration Study
In addition, the Mental Illness Calibration Study (MICS) will
continue to be embedded within the NSDUH main study for the remainder
of 2024 to recalibrate the estimates of serious mental illness (SMI)
for the NSDUH using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM), fifth edition (DSM-5) criteria published by the
American Psychiatric Association (APA). The 2023 and 2024 MICS will be
sampled from the main study NSDUH using completed mental health items
as screeners.
During MICS data collection from January 2023 through December
2024, approximately 17,180 NSDUH adult main study interview respondents
(aged 18+) will be selected for a follow-up clinical interview at the
end of the main study interview in order to produce a final sample size
of at least 4,000 adult MICS follow-up clinical interviews (2,000
interviews per year). These follow-up clinical interviews will be
conducted virtually via Zoom (video and/or phone) within four weeks
following the NSDUH main study interview using the NetSCID, a
computerized version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5
(SCID) that calculates skip logic in real-time based on responses.
Many of the procedures and protocols in the MICS are based upon
those previously employed as part of the 2008-2012 NSDUH Mental Health
Surveillance Study (approved as an add-on to NSDUH under OMB No. 0930-
0110). The total annual burden for the 2023 and 2024 MICS was approved
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under previous NSDUH ICRs (OMB No. 0930-0110).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2024-18250 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
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