5186.0 Mental Health Workforce and Needs Assessment

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 2:30 PM
Oral
Leading researchers and experts will present new studies related to the challenges associated with developing estimates of mental health workforce supply and need.
Session Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to identify and discuss issues related to assessing unmet need for mental health services
Moderator:
Ronald William Manderscheid, PhD
Discussant:
Joseph Morrissey, PhD

2:30 PM
Session Abstract: New developments in mental health workforce and needs assessment
Kathleen Thomas, PhD, Alan R. Ellis, MSW, Thomas R. Konrad, PhD and Joseph Morrissey, PhD
2:45 PM
Mental health workforce and needs assessment: A history and rationale
Kathleen Thomas, PhD, Alan R. Ellis, MSW, Thomas R. Konrad, PhD and Joseph Morrissey, PhD
3:00 PM
Supply and co-location of mental health providers across the U.S
Alan R. Ellis, MSW, Kathleen Thomas, PhD, Thomas R. Konrad, PhD and Joseph Morrissey, PhD
3:15 PM
Estimating need for mental health services across the U.S
Charles Holzer, PhD, Kathleen Thomas, PhD, Alan R. Ellis, MSW, Thomas R. Konrad, PhD and Joseph Morrissey, PhD
3:30 PM
Identifying unmet need for mental health services
Thomas R. Konrad, PhD, Kathleen Thomas, PhD, Alan R. Ellis, MSW and Joseph Morrissey, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Mental Health

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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