TY - JOUR
KW - Career Choice
KW - Cooperative Behavior
KW - Delivery of Health Care/economics/statistics & numerical data
KW - Health Care Costs/statistics & numerical data
KW - Health Personnel/economics/statistics & numerical data
KW - Health Services Needs and Demand/economics/statistics & numerical data
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health Services/economics/manpower/supply & distribution
KW - Patient Care Team/economics/statistics & numerical data
KW - Specialization/economics/statistics & numerical data
KW - United States
AU - W. N. Robiner
A1 - 
AB - The U.S. mental health (MH) workforce is comprised of core disciplines: psychology, psychiatry, social work, psychiatric nursing, and marriage and family therapy. A broader group of practitioners also deserves recognition. Diverse professions provide significant services in a variety of settings, extending the de facto mental health workforce. A tally of key disciplines estimates there are 537,857 MH professionals, or 182 per 100,000 U.S. population. This article provides an overview of the need and demand for mental health services and summarizes the MH professions (e.g., training, educational credentials, workforce estimates). It also discusses a range of challenges confronting MH professionals and the need for greater understanding of the workforce and integration of services. Methodological factors that confound estimates of the magnitude of the MH workforce are reviewed.
BT - Clinical psychology review
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 5
CY - United States
DO - 10.1016/j.cpr.2006.05.002
IS - 5
JF - Clinical psychology review
N2 - The U.S. mental health (MH) workforce is comprised of core disciplines: psychology, psychiatry, social work, psychiatric nursing, and marriage and family therapy. A broader group of practitioners also deserves recognition. Diverse professions provide significant services in a variety of settings, extending the de facto mental health workforce. A tally of key disciplines estimates there are 537,857 MH professionals, or 182 per 100,000 U.S. population. This article provides an overview of the need and demand for mental health services and summarizes the MH professions (e.g., training, educational credentials, workforce estimates). It also discusses a range of challenges confronting MH professionals and the need for greater understanding of the workforce and integration of services. Methodological factors that confound estimates of the magnitude of the MH workforce are reviewed.
PP - United States
PY - 2006
SN - 0272-7358; 0272-7358
SP - 600
EP - 625
EP - 
T1 - The mental health professions: Workforce supply and demand, issues, and challenges
T2 - Clinical psychology review
TI - The mental health professions: Workforce supply and demand, issues, and challenges
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 16820252
U3 - 10.1016/j.cpr.2006.05.002
VL - 26
VO - 0272-7358; 0272-7358
Y1 - 2006
ER -