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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 7e. Number and percent distribution of full-time equivalent staff1
in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children, 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 |
17,025 |
19,352 |
22,443 |
34,569 |
53,220 |
55,678 |
59,011 |
69,703 |
| |
Patient care staff |
11,299 |
13,824 |
16,464 |
25,146 |
40,969 |
42,801 |
51,725 |
58,087 |
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Professional patient care staff |
6,738 |
8,990 |
10,824 |
17,599 |
26,032 |
30,207 |
29,765 |
27,833 |
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Psychiatrists |
147 |
149 |
140 |
335 |
498 |
748 |
283 |
273 |
|
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Other physicians |
34 |
27 |
22 |
86 |
101 |
126 |
52 |
18 |
|
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Psychologists2 |
354 |
434 |
497 |
911 |
1,492 |
1,641 |
961 |
1,947 |
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Social workers |
1,653 |
1,778 |
2,196 |
4,585 |
5,636 |
6,506 |
3,843 |
6,055 |
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Registered nurses |
244 |
301 |
324 |
746 |
1,238 |
1,367 |
858 |
2,587 |
|
|
Other mental health professionals |
4,177 |
6,072 |
7,359 |
9,435 |
16,765 |
18,970 |
23,608 |
14,475 |
|
|
Physical health professionals and assistants |
129 |
229 |
286 |
1,501 |
302 |
849 |
160 |
2,480 |
|
Other mental health workers3 |
4,561 |
4,834 |
5,640 |
7,547 |
14,937 |
12,594 |
21,960 |
30,253 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
5,726 |
5,528 |
5,979 |
9,423 |
12,251 |
12,877 |
7,286 |
11,616 |
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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 |
66.4 |
71.4 |
73.4 |
72.7 |
77.0 |
76.9 |
87.7 |
83.3 |
|
Professional patient care staff |
39.6 |
46.5 |
48.2 |
50.9 |
48.9 |
54.3 |
50.4 |
39.9 |
|
|
Psychiatrists |
0.9 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
|
|
Other physicians |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
|
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Psychologists2 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
1.6 |
2.8 |
|
|
Social workers |
9.7 |
9.2 |
9.8 |
13.3 |
10.6 |
11.7 |
6.5 |
8.7 |
|
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Registered nurses |
1.4 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
3.7 |
|
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Other mental health professionals |
24.5 |
31.4 |
32.8 |
27.3 |
31.5 |
34.1 |
40.0 |
20.8 |
|
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Physical health professionals and assistants |
0.8 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
4.3 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
3.6 |
|
Other mental health workers3 |
26.8 |
25.0 |
25.1 |
21.8 |
28.1 |
22.6 |
37.2 |
43.4 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
33.6 |
28.6 |
26.6 |
27.3 |
23.0 |
23.1 |
12.3 |
16.7 |
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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