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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 7a. Number and percent distribution of full-time equivalent staff1
in State and county mental hospitals, by staff discipline: United States, selected
years, 1972-1998
| Staff discipline |
1972 |
1976 |
1978 |
1986 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1998 |
| |
Number of FTE staff |
| All staff |
223,886 |
219,006 |
205,289 |
182,466 |
175,566 |
171,745 |
148,415 |
116,387 |
| |
Patient care staff |
138,307 |
141,127 |
131,187 |
119,073 |
114,198 |
110,874 |
99,145 |
81,766 |
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Professional patient care staff |
38,516 |
46,596 |
45,131 |
54,853 |
50,035 |
56,953 |
38,480 |
36,167 |
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Psychiatrists |
4,389 |
4,333 |
3,712 |
3,762 |
3,849 |
4,457 |
3,442 |
2,902 |
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Other physicians |
2,440 |
2,047 |
1,809 |
1,917 |
1,962 |
2,126 |
1,467 |
1,209 |
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Psychologists2 |
2,484 |
3,039 |
3,149 |
3,412 |
3,324 |
3,620 |
2,699 |
2,660 |
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Social workers |
5,324 |
5,948 |
5,924 |
6,238 |
7,013 |
7,378 |
5,276 |
4,185 |
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Registered nurses |
13,353 |
15,098 |
14,859 |
19,425 |
20,848 |
21,119 |
16,918 |
17,214 |
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Other mental health professionals |
5,890 |
10,551 |
10,492 |
8,033 |
8,955 |
11,527 |
5,450 |
4,332 |
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Physical health professionals and assistants |
4,636 |
5,580 |
5,186 |
12,066 |
4,084 |
6,726 |
3,228 |
3,666 |
|
Other mental health workers3 |
99,791 |
94,531 |
86,056 |
64,220 |
64,163 |
53,921 |
60,664 |
45,599 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
85,579 |
77,879 |
74,102 |
63,393 |
61,368 |
60,871 |
49,270 |
34,621 |
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Percent distribution of FTE
staff |
| All staff |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| |
Patient care staff |
61.8 |
64.4 |
63.9 |
65.3 |
65.0 |
64.6 |
66.8 |
70.2 |
|
Professional patient care staff |
17.2 |
21.3 |
22.0 |
30.1 |
28.5 |
33.2 |
25.9 |
31.1 |
|
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Psychiatrists |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
|
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Other physicians |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
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Psychologists2 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
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Social workers |
2.4 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
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Registered nurses |
6.0 |
6.9 |
7.2 |
10.6 |
11.9 |
12.3 |
11.4 |
14.8 |
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Other mental health professionals |
2.6 |
4.8 |
5.1 |
4.4 |
5.1 |
6.7 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
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Physical health professionals and assistants |
2.1 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
6.6 |
2.3 |
3.9 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
|
Other mental health workers3 |
44.6 |
43.2 |
41.9 |
35.2 |
36.5 |
31.4 |
40.9 |
39.2 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
38.2 |
35.6 |
36.1 |
34.7 |
35.0 |
35.4 |
33.2 |
29.7 |
Sources: Published and unpublished inventory data from the
Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development,
Center for Mental Health Services.
1 The computation of full-time
equivalent staff is based on a 40-hour work week.
2 For 1972-78,
this category included all psychologists with a B.A. degree and above; for
1986-94, it included only psychologists with an M.A. degree and above.
3 Workers in this category have less than a B.A. degree. |
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