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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 7c. Number and percent distribution of full-time equivalent staff1
in the separate psychiatric services of non-Federal general hospitals, by staff
discipline: United States, selected years, 1972-1998
| Staff discipline |
1972 |
1976 |
1978 |
1986 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1998 |
| |
Number of FTE staff |
| All staff |
30,982 |
39,621 |
40,908 |
70,187 |
80,625 |
81,819 |
80,532 |
96,639 |
| |
Patient care staff |
25,385 |
33,969 |
34,966 |
61,148 |
72,214 |
72,880 |
75,231 |
84,974 |
|
Professional patient care staff |
15,565 |
21,231 |
22,401 |
50,233 |
57,019 |
58,544 |
64,264 |
60,375 |
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Psychiatrists |
3,394 |
3,933 |
3,583 |
6,009 |
6,500 |
6,160 |
4,920 |
8,158 |
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Other physicians |
452 |
180 |
237 |
671 |
585 |
353 |
369 |
545 |
|
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Psychologists2 |
1,100 |
1,356 |
1,512 |
2,983 |
3,951 |
4,182 |
2,245 |
2,946 |
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Social workers |
1,904 |
2,515 |
2,552 |
5,634 |
7,241 |
7,985 |
5,198 |
13,560 |
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Registered nurses |
6,922 |
9,445 |
10,611 |
23,454 |
28,473 |
28,355 |
45,968 |
27,253 |
|
|
Other mental health professionals |
1,519 |
3,394 |
3,583 |
7,658 |
9,643 |
10,812 |
5,089 |
5,584 |
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|
Physical health professionals and assistants |
274 |
408 |
323 |
3,824 |
626 |
697 |
475 |
2,330 |
|
Other mental health workers3 |
10,270 |
12,738 |
12,565 |
10,915 |
15,195 |
14,336 |
10,968 |
24,599 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
5,147 |
5,652 |
5,942 |
9,039 |
8,411 |
8,939 |
5,301 |
11,665 |
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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 |
81.9 |
85.7 |
85.5 |
87.1 |
89.6 |
89.1 |
93.4 |
87.9 |
|
Professional patient care staff |
50.2 |
53.6 |
54.8 |
71.6 |
70.7 |
71.6 |
79.8 |
62.4 |
|
|
Psychiatrists |
11.0 |
9.9 |
8.8 |
8.6 |
8.1 |
7.5 |
6.1 |
8.4 |
|
|
Other physicians |
1.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
|
|
Psychologists2 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
4.9 |
5.1 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
|
|
Social workers |
6.1 |
6.3 |
6.2 |
8.0 |
9.0 |
9.8 |
6.5 |
14.0 |
|
|
Registered nurses |
22.3 |
23.8 |
25.9 |
33.4 |
35.3 |
34.7 |
57.1 |
28.2 |
|
|
Other mental health professionals |
4.9 |
8.6 |
8.8 |
10.9 |
12.0 |
13.2 |
6.3 |
5.8 |
|
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Physical health professionals and assistants |
0.9 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
5.4 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
|
Other mental health workers3 |
33.1 |
32.1 |
30.7 |
15.6 |
18.8 |
17.5 |
13.6 |
25.5 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
16.6 |
14.3 |
14.5 |
12.9 |
10.4 |
10.9 |
6.6 |
12.1 |
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 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.
3 Workers in this category have less than a B.A. degree. |
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