Table 4. Percentage of clinically trained mental health personnel, by number of years since completion of highest professional degree, for specified years
| Number of years since completion | ||||||||
| Discipline | (N) | 0–2 | 3–5 | 6–10 | 11–15 | 16–20 | 21+ | Not specific |
| Psychiatry (1999)1 | (26,877) | 0.0 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 63.1 | 0.6 |
| Psychology (1997)2 | (77,456) | 6.2 | 11.0 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 15.7 | 35.3 | — |
| Social Work (1997) | (96,407) | 13.9 | 16.4 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 13.9 | 18.5 | — |
| Psychiatric Nursing (1996)3 | (17,318) | 17.9 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 20.0 | 13.1 | 18.1 | 1.0 |
| Counseling (2000)4 | (108,104) | 8.4 | 12.5 | 20.6 | 20.6 | 13.6 | 24.4 | — |
| Marriage and Family Therapy (1998)5 | (44,225) | 2.3 | 9.1 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 20.6 | 13.0 | — |
| Psychosocial Rehabilitation (1994) | (9,437) | 2.3 | 3.2 | 16.3 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 40.6 | — |
| School Psychology (2000)6 | (31,278) | 6.4 | 10.7 | 15.8 | 12.1 | 17.1 | 37.9 | — |
— = Data not available
1 1999 American Psychiatric Association membership, excluding medical students, psychiatric residents, corresponding psychiatrists, and inactive members.
2 Estimate based on clinically trained personnel reporting years completed. Missing are excluded.
3 All subjects have masters or doctoral education in nursing. This data in this table reflect the years since completion of highest nursing degree. They do not include years since doctoral degrees in non-nursing areas. In several cases, it was not clear if a nurse received the highest degree during the period of the survey; therefore, the 0–2 year estimate may be high. It should be noted that the highest degree might be a doctorate rather than master's degree.
4 Based on NBCC National Study of Professional Counselors (2000).
5 Total represents clinically active marriage and family therapists. The total was distributed into full-and part-time based on data from a survey of marriage and family therapists in 15 States by Doherty and Simmons (1995).
6 Source: Thomas, A. (April 2000) Report to the National Association of School Psychologists' Delegate Assembly on the State Demographic Survey, Bethesda, MD, National Association of School Psychologists.