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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics

Table 4. Percentage of clinically trained mental health personnel, by number of years since completion of highest professional degree, for specified years
Discipline Number of Years Since Completion
  (N) 0-2 3-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21+ Not Specific
Psychiatry (2000)1 (26,258) 0.0 0.5 8.4 13.6 12.7 64.1 0.7
Psychology (2002)2 (85,128) 4.2 10.2 16.1 15.3 15.9 33.8 -
Social work (2000)3 (97,290) 1.8 8.6 17.4 16.9 17.2 38.2 -
Psychiatric nursing (2000)4 (18,269) 14.3 11.6 22.3 13.3 14.9 22.4 1.2
Counseling (2002)5 (111,931) 8.4 12.5 20.6 20.6 13.6 24.4 0.0
Marriage and family therapy (2000)6 (47,111) 0.7 3.4 23.9 19.9 27.1 25.0 -
Psychosocial rehabilitation (1994) (9,437) 2.3 3.2 16.3 18.9 18.7 40.6 -
School psychology (2000)7 (31,278) 6.4 10.7 15.8 12.1 17.1 37.9
1 2000 American Psychiatric Association membership residing in the United States, excluding medical students; psychiatric residents; corresponding members and fellows; inactive members, associates, fellows; and honorary and distinguished fellows.
2 Estimates are for the doctoral-level clinically trained psychologists in the United States in late 2001 and early 2002 reporting years. Missing data are excluded.
3 Estimates are based on National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Practice Research Network (PRN) survey, 2000, which requested years of experience since completion of first professional degree. The numbers reported reflect slightly different year ranges from table 4. The NSAW PRN survey data represent the following ranges: less than 2; 24 years; 59 years; 1014 years; 15 19 years; and 20+ years. Thus, data are not comparable to their disciplines.
4 All subjects have masters or doctoral education in nursing. The data in this table reflect the years since completion of highest nurs ing degree; they do not include years since doctoral degrees in non-nursing areas. It should be noted that the highest degree might be a doctorate rather than master's degree.
5 Estimates are based on the 2000 National Study of the Professional Counselor with growth rate taken from National Certified Counselor data.
6 All data are based on 2000 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) PRN project funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Data were collected from a random sample of AAMFT clinical members with an 82 percent response rate of eligible participants.
7 Source: Thomas (2000).

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