Table 3 Estimates of need for behavioral health services and providers for 40 million medical patients
From: A needs-based method for estimating the behavioral health staff needs of community health centers
Target | Additional needed (% increase over 2010) | |
|---|---|---|
Medical patients | 40,000,000 | 23,222,848 (138%) |
Mental health patients | 5,918,248 | 5,065,264 (594%) |
Substance abuse patients | 841,182 | 742,422 (752%) |
Behavioral health FTE | 27,552 | 22,458 (441%) |
Licensed mental health providers | 14,748 | 12,166 (471%) |
Psychiatrists | 2,314 | 1,920 (487%) |
Other mental health staff | 5,669 | 4,405 (348%) |
Substance abuse providers | 4,821 | 3,967 (465%) |