RT Journal
A1 Pardes H
T1 FUture needs for psychiatrists and other mental health personnel
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 1979
FD December 1
VO 36
IS 13
SP 1401
OP 1408
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780130019002
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780130019002
AB • Approximately 15% of the pouplation suffers a diagnosable mental disorder, and with the increasing availability of community-based mental health services, growing demand is placed on the mental health specialty sector. Though the general health sector and nonmedical mental health specialists provide services to a large proportion of this case load, psychiatrists possess unique skills for the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorder and for the provision of consultation and liaison services to nonpsychiatric physicians. In spite of the need, a number of factors, including restrictions on foreign medical graduates and federal emphasis on the primary care specialties, have created an accelerating reduction in the production of psychiatrists. The federal government and medical schools are encouraged to devise strategies collaboratively to address issues to ensure an adequate supply of psychiatrists for the future.