Public Mental Health Workers’ Policy Recommendations to Address the Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage
Comprehensive efforts are needed to adequately address the shortage of behavioral health workers in community settings. Workers championed a combination of several changes to increase the behavioral health workforce, with implications for mental health research, systems, and policies.
Authors
- Torrey A. Creed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0860-2498)
- Kofi Adutwum
- Natalie Dallard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8471-880X)
- Temma Schaechter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4981-7006)
- Cherry Du
- Elyse Ganss
- Vanesa A. Mora Ringle
Institutions
- Lehigh University (US)
- Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20250259
- Primary Topic
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00