Table 6. Percentage of clinically trained mental health personnel, by discipline and primary and secondary employment setting for specified years

  Discipline and Year
Employment Setting Psychiatry1 1998 Psychology1 1999 Social Work 1998 Psychiatric Nursing 1996 Counseling3 1998 Marriage/Family Therapy4 1998 Psycho-Social Rehab. 1994 School Psychology 2000
Primary employment setting (N) (931) (59,263) (58,896) (15,330) (108,104) (44,137) N/A (31,278)
Hospital 21.0 11.0 11.3   3.7 3.2   0.0
   Mental health setting 10.0 4.0 5.3 15.6 3.3      
   Other health setting 10.7 7.0 6.0 27.6 0.4      
Clinic 20.9 8.0 22.3   22.5 19.4   2.1
   Mental health setting N/A   16.4 7.8 18.7     2.1
   Other health setting N/A   5.9 3.2 3.8     0.0
Academic setting 1.0 21.0 17.1   33.4     87.2
   University/college N/A 17.0 8.8 18.7 13.6     5.2
   Elementary/secondary schools N/A 4.0 8.3 5.3 19.8     82.6
Individual practice 37.0 38.0 18.1 5.1 15.1     3.9
Group practice 13.1 10.0 5.1 4.6 5.0 65.2    
Nursing home 1.3 0.5 2.6 0.8 0.4      
Social service agency N/A   20.1   3.9     0.0
Other/not specified 5.9 11.0 3.4 11.2 16.0 12.2   3.2
Secondary employment setting (N) (508) (27,616) (14,892) N/A (25,405) (13,444) N/A N/A
Hospital 36.9 7.0 2.9   6.3      
   Mental health setting 15.1 2.0 1.1   5.0 11.9    
   Other health setting 21.8 5.0 1.8   1.3      
Clinic 20.3 6.0 20.2   16.9 33.1    
   Mental health setting N/A   13.5   11.3      
   Other health setting N/A   6.7   5.6      
Academic setting 1.3 23.0 13.7   25.0      
   University/college N/A 20.0 11.8   12.5      
   Elementary/secondary schools N/A 3.0 1.9   12.5      
Individual practice 18.0 34.0 34.9   21.6 33.1    
Group practice 6.4 9.0 7.7   10.0      
Nursing home 6.3 2.0 2.4   0.6      
Social service agency N/A   4.7   3.8      
Other/not specified 10.8 19.0 3.4   15.6 21.9    

Note: Percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding.
N/A = Data not available
1 American Psychiatric Association Annual Census of Residents: 1998. Counts are based on estimated 98 percent response rate from the training programs.
2 Total represents clinically active psychologists.
3 Based on the NBCC National Study of the Professional Counselor (2000).
4 Total represents clinically active marriage and family therapists. A total of 44,225 marriage and family therapists were 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).

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