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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 6. Percentage of clinically trained mental health personnel, by discipline
and primary and secondary employment setting for specified years
| Employment Setting |
Discipline and Year |
| Psychiatry1 1998 |
Psychology2 2002 |
Social Work3 2000 |
Psychiatric Nursing 2000 |
Counseling4 2002 |
Marriage/Family Therapy5 2000 |
Psycho-Social Rehab. 1994 |
School Psychology 2000 |
| Primary employment setting (N) |
(931) |
(66,370) |
(86,831) |
(16,606) |
(111,931) |
(47,111) |
N/A |
(31,278) |
| Hospital |
21.0 |
9.0 |
7.9 |
32.7 |
3.7 |
7.2 |
|
0.0 |
| Mental health setting |
10.0 |
3.0 |
3.9 |
9.9 |
3.3 |
6.9 |
|
|
| Other health setting |
10.7 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
22.8 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
|
|
| Clinic |
20.9 |
6.0 |
23.0 |
18.1 |
22.5 |
23.9 |
|
2.1 |
| Mental health setting |
N/A |
|
17.6 |
11.7 |
18.7 |
22.0 |
|
2.1 |
| Other health setting |
N/A |
|
5.3 |
6.4 |
3.8 |
1.9 |
|
0.0 |
| Academic setting |
1.0 |
17.0 |
13.0 |
24.4 |
33.4 |
9.7 |
|
87.2 |
| University/ college |
N/A |
13.0 |
5.4 |
19.0 |
13.6 |
5.7 |
|
5.2 |
| Elementary/ secondary schools |
N/A |
4.0 |
7.6 |
5.4 |
19.8 |
4.0 |
|
82.6 |
| Individual prac tice |
37.0 |
38.0 |
18.5 |
5.8 |
15.1 |
34.9 |
|
3.982.6 |
| Group practice |
13.1 |
12.0 |
6.7 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
11.0 |
|
3.9 |
| Nursing home |
1.3 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
0.08 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
|
|
| Social service agency |
N/A |
|
14.5 |
|
3.9 |
11.0 |
|
0.0 |
| Other/not specified |
5.9** |
16.0 |
14.1 |
14.0 |
16.0 |
1.0 |
|
3.2 |
| Secondary employment setting (N) |
(508) |
(30,935) |
(37,067) |
N/A |
(26,304) |
(11,307) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Hospital |
36.9 |
6.0 |
5.1 |
|
6.3 |
17.1 |
|
|
| Mental health setting |
15.1 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
|
5.0 |
14.3 |
|
|
| Other health setting |
21.8 |
5.0 |
3.7 |
|
1.3 |
2.8 |
|
|
| Clinic |
20.3* |
4.0 |
20.7 |
|
16.9 |
17.1 |
|
|
| Mental health setting |
N/A |
|
12.9 |
|
11.3 |
17.1 |
|
|
| Other health setting |
N/A |
|
7.3 |
|
5.6 |
0.0 |
|
|
| Academic setting |
1.3 |
23.0 |
9.4 |
|
25.0 |
8.6 |
|
|
| University/ college |
N/A |
20.0 |
6.1 |
|
12.5 |
8.6 |
|
|
| Elementary/ secondary schools |
N/A |
3.0 |
3.3 |
|
12.5 |
0.0 |
|
|
| Individual prac tice |
18.0 |
28.0 |
27.1 |
|
21.6 |
28.5 |
|
|
| Group practice |
6.4 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
|
10.0 |
12.8 |
|
|
| Nursing home |
6.3 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
|
0.6 |
1.4 |
|
|
| Social service agency |
N/A |
|
11.9 |
|
3.8 |
8.6 |
|
|
| Other/not specified |
10.8** |
29.0 |
15.9 |
|
15.6 |
5.7 |
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Note: cell numbers may not equal total numbers and percentages
may not equal 100 because of rounding.
* includes HMO clinics.
** includes correctional facilities.
1 Respondents to the
1998 American Psychiatric Association (APA) NSPP who are currently active
in psychiatry (N = 976); 45 psychi atrists had missing information on
primary employment setting. The primary and secondary settings were identified
on the basis of the proportion of patient care time spent in different
settings.
2 Total represents clinically active psychologists.
3 Source: National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Practice
Research Network (PRN) survey (2000b). Response categories from the PRN
survey were collapsed into the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
required categories; those response categories that did not fit the required
CMHS categories were included under "other/not specified.
4 Estimates
are based on the 2000 National Study of the Professional Counselor with
growth rate taken from National Certified Counselor data.
5
Data are based on 2000 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
PRN project funded by CSAT. Data were collected from a random sample of
AAMFT clinical members with an 82 percent response rate of eligible participants. |
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