An Action Plan for Behavioral Health Workforce Development
April 2007 An Action Plan for Behavioral Health Workforce Development This report was prepared for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce. There are evident workforce problems in every element or dimension of the behavioral health field. There are several concerns about the workforce also exist among every group of stakeholders concerned about the future of prevention and treatment for mental health and substance use problems. General findings about the workforce crisis are described below, and are treated in-depth in the larger report. Critical shortage of individuals trained to . . .
