Table 5. Percentage of clinically trained mental health personnel, by discipline, employment status, and number of employment settings for specified years
| Discipline and Year | ||||||||
| Employment Setting | Psychiatry1 1998 | Psychology1 1999 | Social Work 1998 | Psychiatric Nursing 1996 | Counseling3 2000 | Marriage/Family Therapy4 1998 | Psycho-Social Rehab. 1994 | School Psychology 2000 |
| Full-time (N) | (776) | (46,047) | N/A | (11,294) | (24,864) | (37,454) | (26,611) | |
| One setting | 40.0 | 50.2 | 65.2 | 80.0 | 60.4 | 77.5 | 94.0 | |
| Two or more settings | 60.0 | 49.8 | 34.8 | 20.0 | 39.6 | 22.5 | N/A | |
| Part-time (N) | (170) | (13,216) | N/A | (4,036) | (83,240) | (14,373) | (4,667) | |
| One setting | 65.3 | 64.5 | 62.9 | 65.0 | 66.2 | 54.8 | 38.1 | |
| Two or more settings | 34.7 | 35.5 | 37.1 | 35.0 | 33.8 | 45.2 | 61.9 | |
N/A = Data not available
1 Respondents to the 1998 American Psychiatric Association National Survey of Psychiatric Practice currently active in psychiatry (Sample N= 976). Full-time is defined as 35 hours or more per week.
2 Represents clinically active psychologists. Just over half (53.4) of all active practitioners (both full-and part-time) are working one position only (i.e., they do not have multiple positions/settings).
3 Based on NBCC National Study of the Professional Counselors (2000). Full-time is defined as 35 or more hours per week.
4 The total of 44,225 marriage and family therapists was distributed into employment settings based on data from a survey of marriage and family therapists in 15 States by Doherty and Simmons (1995).
5 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.