SAMHSA Report To Congress On The Nation’s Substance Abuse And Mental Health Workforce Issues

January 24, 2013
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) was asked this past year to develop a workforce report, specifically addressing the addictions workforce and SAMHSA's collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). SAMHSA prepared this report to Congress to provide an overview of the facts and issues affecting the substance abuse and mental health workforce in America. While the workforce report was requested specifically for the addiction treatment workforce, SAMHSA's report covers the behavioral health workforce in its entirety because many data sources (including those funded by HRSA's Bureau of Health . . .