An Update on Human Resources in Mental Health

In 1987, staff from the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, and professional psychiatric nursing formed a work group on human resources data. Their purposes were to identify common, core data on human resources from each discipline, to prepare a chapter for Mental Health 1990, to identify gaps in the data, to determine how to address or fill those gaps, and to improve survey compatibility between their disciplines.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/psychology_books/1001/thumbnail.jp

Mental Health Practitioners and Trainees

Late in 1987, research staff from the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the National Association of Social Workers, and representatives of professional psychiatric nursing formed a work group on human resources data with staff from the National Institute of Mental Health (Dr. Manderscheid). This group had several major purposes, including identifying common, core data on human resources from each discipline, preparing a chapter for Mental Health 1990, identifying data gaps, coming up with plans to address those gaps, and improving survey compatibility between the involved disciplines.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/psychology_books/1000/thumbnail.jp