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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 7b. Number and percent distribution of full-time equivalent staff1
in private psychiatric 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 |
21,504 |
27,655 |
29,972 |
58,912 |
75,392 |
77,251 |
71,906 |
56,842 |
| |
Patient care staff |
11,329 |
17,196 |
18,728 |
35,480 |
57,200 |
56,877 |
20,388 |
40,608 |
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Professional patient care staff |
5,735 |
9,879 |
11,419 |
27,246 |
45,669 |
44,206 |
14,132 |
26,004 |
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Psychiatrists |
1,067 |
1,369 |
1,285 |
1,554 |
1,582 |
2,081 |
1,367 |
1,844 |
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Other physicians |
101 |
162 |
185 |
141 |
316 |
147 |
160 |
356 |
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Psychologists2 |
305 |
559 |
590 |
1,557 |
1,977 |
1,656 |
708 |
1,074 |
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Social workers |
418 |
784 |
920 |
2,893 |
4,044 |
4,587 |
1,963 |
3,830 |
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Registered nurses |
2,634 |
3,395 |
3,967 |
10,147 |
14,819 |
15,086 |
5,161 |
10,443 |
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Other mental health professionals |
857 |
2,794 |
3,644 |
7,478 |
17,358 |
15,303 |
3,563 |
7,465 |
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Physical health professionals and assistants |
353 |
816 |
828 |
3,476 |
5,573 |
5,346 |
1,210 |
993 |
|
Other mental health workers3 |
5,594 |
7,317 |
7,309 |
8,234 |
11,531 |
12,671 |
6,256 |
14,604 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
10,175 |
10,459 |
11,244 |
23,432 |
18,192 |
20,374 |
51,518 |
16,235 |
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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 |
52.7 |
62.2 |
62.5 |
60.2 |
75.9 |
73.6 |
28.4 |
71.4 |
|
Professional patient care staff |
26.7 |
35.7 |
38.1 |
46.2 |
60.6 |
57.2 |
19.7 |
45.7 |
|
|
Psychiatrists |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
|
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Other physicians |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
|
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Psychologists2 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
1.0 |
1.9 |
|
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Social workers |
1.9 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
4.9 |
5.4 |
5.9 |
2.7 |
6.7 |
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Registered nurses |
12.2 |
12.3 |
13.2 |
17.2 |
19.7 |
19.5 |
7.2 |
18.4 |
|
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Other mental health professionals |
4.0 |
10.1 |
12.2 |
12.7 |
23.0 |
19.8 |
5.0 |
13.1 |
|
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Physical health professionals and assistants |
1.6 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
5.9 |
7.4 |
6.9 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
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Other mental health workers3 |
26.0 |
26.5 |
24.4 |
14.0 |
15.3 |
16.4 |
8.7 |
25.7 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
47.3 |
37.8 |
37.5 |
39.8 |
24.1 |
26.4 |
71.6 |
28.6 |
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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