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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 7. Percentage of clinically trained mental health personnel involved in
each type of work activity, by discipline, for specified years1
| Type of Work |
Discipline and Year |
| Psychiatry 1998 |
Psychology3 2002 |
Social Work4 2000 |
Psychiatric Nursing 2000 |
Counseling5 2002 |
Marriage/Family Therapy6
2000 |
Psycho-Social Rehab. 1994 |
School Psychology 20007 |
| (N) |
(935)2 |
(38,228) |
(97,290) |
(16,606) |
(111,931) |
(44.225) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Patient care/ direct service |
95.7 |
89.4 |
71.8 |
78.68 |
73.4 |
88.4 |
96.1 |
82.5 |
| Research |
19.7 |
24.2 |
0.7 |
23.8 |
0.4 |
16.5 |
N/A |
2.0 |
| Teaching |
N/A |
38.9 |
4.6 |
42.1 |
10.8 |
46.7 |
N/A |
5.2 |
| Administration |
90.0 |
34.4 |
17.3 |
54.9 |
7.9 |
56.0 |
10.1 |
4.3 |
| Other activities |
87.3 |
39.3 |
5.5 |
58.69 |
7.5 |
34.1 |
N/A |
6.0 |
1 Percentages will not sum to 100 because clinically
trained or clinically active mental health personnel can be involved in
more than one type of work activity.
2 Respondents to the
1998 American Psychiatric Association (APA) NSPP who are currently active
in psychiatry is 976; however, 41 psychiatrists did not provide information
on type of work activity.
3 Source: 2000 American Psychological
Association Directory Survey that was compiled by APA Research Office. Because
50,263 members did not specify work activities, percentages are based on
the 38,228 members who responded.
4 Source: National Association
of Social Workers (NASW) PRN survey, 2000, which requested the principal
role in the primary area of practice; thus, data are not comparable to other
disciplines.
5 Estimates are based on the 2000 National Study
of the Professional Counselor with growth rate taken from National Certified
Counselor data.
6 The total represents active marriage and
family therapists and was distributed into type of work activity on the
basis of data from a survey of marriage and family therapists in 15 States
by Doherty and Simmons (1995).
7 Data are from Thomas (2000)
and replace earlier data.
8 Includes staff supervision.
9 Mainly consultation as other activity. |
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