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 Contents


Front Matter
1 Introduction
2 Policy Context and Key Concepts
3 SAMHSA's Definition of Recovery
4 Defining and Operationalizing Recovery from Substance Use
5 Defining and Operationalizing Recovery from Mental Disorders
6 Measures of Recovery
7 Data Collection Designs
8 Key Themes and Possible Next Steps
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members and Speakers
Committee on National Statistics