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Online tools and telehealth consultations are offering access to mental health experts to individuals dealing with mental illness. It is also an ideal tool for individuals who prefer anonymity. A recent study published by the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment found that live Internet-based chemical dependency treatment performed well compared to traditional face-to-face counseling. California-based CRC Health Group is one of the leading providers of online treatment in this field.


RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES MARKET TO GROW TO $204 BILLION BY 2020 ACCORDING TO THE BUSINESS RESEARCH COMPANY.


The Business Research Company expects the residential substance abuse and mental health facilities market to grow to $204 billion in 2020. The Americas was the largest region in the residential substance abuse and mental health facilities market in 2016, accounting for $80 billion.


The chart below shows the year-on-year growth of the global residential substance abuse and mental health facilities market during 2016 - 2020.

According to The Business Research Company's Healthcare Consultant, Sravanthi Addapally, alcohol and drug usage results from many social, individual and economic determinants. Factors such as community, income level, family/peer influences, prenatal alcohol exposure, psychological factors, and socio-demographic features, such as gender, age, and religion affect the use, quantity and frequency of substance dependency in individuals. For instance, according to Gallup poll carried out in July 2015, more than 80% of the upper-middle class people surveyed consumed alcohol regularly, as compared to 50% of the lower-middle class population respondents. Similarly, 80% college graduates consumed alcohol while 52% people consumed alcohol with high school or low level of education . Thus, rising per-capita income, literacy and peer influence are expected to increase demand for substance abuse centers.



The UK’s National Health Service was the largest company in the residential substance abuse and mental health facilities services market with 10% share of the market. Funding for the NHS comes directly from taxation. For 2015-16, the overall NHS budget was around £116.4 billion. About 12.5% of the NHS budget is allocated for substance abuse and residential mental health services which translated to £14.5 billion in 2015. NHS England is managing more than 85% of this.

The Residential substance abuse and mental health facilities provide medical services, room, board, supervision and counseling services to patients suffering from mental illness or substance abuse.

Substance abuse refers to patterned use of a drug which is harmful when consumed in large quantities. Uncontrolled use of these harmful drugs leads to many health issues including psychological and behavioral problems and even medication reactions. Substance abuse poses a threat to the well-being of drug users as well as their families. The healthcare centers which provide exclusive healthcare for these patients are called substance abuse health facilities.

Mental disorders refer to a wide range of mental health conditions that affect the mood, thinking and behavior of an individual. There are more than 200 types of mental disorders. Based on the level of severity these disorders can be classified as mild, moderate and severe. Treatment approaches for mental health patients are based on level of severity of the type of disorder and the individual illness. Treatment may be provided in out-patient mental health facilities for less severe illness or in residential mental health facilities where the condition and its effects are severe.

Residential mental health and substance abuse establishments generally provide a wide range of social services in addition to counseling. Substance abuse and residential mental health facilities include

  • Alcoholism Rehabilitation Residential Facilities are facilities for patients recovering from alcohol dependency.

  • Psychiatric Convalescent Facilities provide psychiatric patients who have been discharged from hospitals with observation and care in their place of residence or nursing homes.

  • Pyschiatric Hospitals specialize in the treatment of serious mental disorders such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Psychiatric wards are sub units of hospitals.

  • Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Residential Facilities are agencies that provides treatment for a person with a chemical or drug dependency.

  • Halfway Houses For Patients With Mental Health Illnesses are residences for patients who do not require hospitalization but who need an intermediate degree of care until they return to a community.

  • Halfway Houses, Substance Abuse are residential facilities for patients recovering from alcohol and drug abuse.

  • Homes For Emotionally Disturbed Adults or Children Facilities are housing facilities for children with emotional disturbances, behavioral disorders, or mental illness.

  • Residential Group Homes For The Emotionally Disturbed are facilities where children reside for short or longer periods in order to receive care and supervision 24 hours a day for two or more consecutive weeks.

  • Substance Abuse Residential Facilities are live-in facilities for patients under recovery from substance abuse.

Substance abuse and mental health residential facilities provide end to end services which include initial evaluations of symptoms of the condition and the severity. Patients are evaluated by substance abuse and mental healthcare professionals to determine the kind of rehabilitation treatment and facilities required. Further supervision is ensured to check if post-treatment care is needed such as counselling, behavioral therapy and mutual support groups.


The drug, alcohol abuse and mental issues residential facilities industry is supplied by both public and private organizations. Legal authorities, occupational health services, healthcare foundations and other governmental and non-governmental organizations are among the providers.


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