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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.
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Critical shortage of individuals trained to meet the needs of
children and youth, and their families
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Even severe shortage of practitioners trained and credentialed to
treat adolescents with substance use
disorders
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Training programs have not kept pace with trends in the field
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Difficulty recruiting and training professional in the rural area
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Behavioral health workforce lacks such cultural diversity
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