 |
This Web site is a component of the SAMHSA Health Information Network. |
|
Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 7. Number and percent distribution of full-time equivalent staff1
in all mental health organizations by staff discipline: United States, selected
years, 1972-19982
| Staff discipline |
1972 |
1976 |
1978 |
19862,3 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1998 |
| |
Number of FTE staff |
| All staff |
375,984 |
373,969 |
430,051 |
494,515 |
563,619 |
585,972 |
577,669 |
680,310 |
| |
Patient care staff |
241,265 |
251,756 |
292,699 |
346,630 |
415,719 |
432,866 |
370,635 |
531,532 |
|
Professional patient care staff |
100,886 |
117,190 |
153,598 |
232,481 |
273,374 |
305,988 |
225,250 |
304,449 |
|
|
Psychiatrists |
12,938 |
12,896 |
14,492 |
17,874 |
18,818 |
22,803 |
20,242 |
28,374 |
|
|
Other physicians |
3,991 |
3,055 |
3,034 |
3,868 |
3,865 |
3,949 |
2,692 |
3,561 |
|
|
Psychologists4 |
9,443 |
10,587 |
16,501 |
20,210 |
22,825 |
25,000 |
14,050 |
28,729 |
|
|
Social workers |
17,687 |
18,927 |
28,125 |
40,951 |
53,375 |
57,136 |
41,326 |
72,367 |
|
|
Registered nurses |
31,110 |
33,981 |
42,399 |
66,180 |
77,635 |
78,588 |
82,620 |
78,562 |
|
|
Other mental health professionals |
17,514 |
27,977 |
39,363 |
56,245 |
84,071 |
102,162 |
57,982 |
78,854 |
|
|
Physical health professionals and assistants |
8,203 |
9,767 |
9,684 |
27,153 |
12,785 |
16,350 |
6,338 |
14,002 |
|
Other mental health workers5 |
140,379 |
134,566 |
139,101 |
114,149 |
142,345 |
126,878 |
145,385 |
227,083 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
134,719 |
122,213 |
137,352 |
147,885 |
147,900 |
153,106 |
207,034 |
148,778 |
|
|
Percent distribution of FTE
staff |
| All staff |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| |
Patient care staff |
64.2 |
67.3 |
68.1 |
70.1 |
73.8 |
73.9 |
64.2 |
78.1 |
|
Professional patient care staff |
26.8 |
31.3 |
35.7 |
47.0 |
48.5 |
52.2 |
39.0 |
44.8 |
|
|
Psychiatrists |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
|
|
Other physicians |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
|
Psychologists4 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
2.4 |
4.2 |
|
|
Social workers |
4.7 |
5.1 |
6.5 |
8.3 |
9.5 |
9.8 |
7.2 |
10.6 |
|
|
Registered nurses |
8.3 |
9.1 |
9.9 |
13.4 |
13.8 |
13.4 |
14.3 |
11.5 |
|
|
Other mental health professionals |
4.7 |
7.5 |
9.2 |
11.4 |
14.9 |
17.4 |
10.0 |
11.6 |
|
|
Physical health professionals and assistants |
2.2 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
5.5 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
|
Other mental health workers5 |
37.3 |
36.0 |
32.3 |
23.1 |
25.3 |
21.7 |
25.2 |
33.4 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
35.8 |
32.7 |
31.9 |
29.9 |
26.2 |
26.1 |
35.8 |
21.9 |
Sources: Published and unpublished inventory data from the
Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development,
Center for Mental Health Services.
1 The computation of full-time
equivalent staff is based on a 40-hour work week.
2 For 1986
some organizations had been reclassified as a result of changes in reporting
procedures and definitions.
3 Includes data for CMHCs in
1978. In 1986, 1990, 1992, and 1994, these staff are subsumed under other
organizations types. Data for CMHCs are not shown separately.
4
For 1972-78, this category included all psychologists with a B.A. degree
and above; for 1986-94, it included only psychologists with an M.A. degree
and above.
5 Workers in this category have less than a B.A.
degree. |
Back to Mental Health 2002
|
|
