Scratching the Surface of Psychiatric Services Distribution and Public Health: an Indiana Assessment.

ABSTRACT: Mental illness is a leading cause of disability with many public health implications. Previous studies have demonstrated a national shortage of psychiatrists, particularly in rural areas. An analysis of how this workforce distribution relates to population demographics and public/behavioral health is lacking in the literature. This study encompassed a statewide assessment of the Indiana psychiatric workforce as it relates to population characteristics and public/behavioral health. This study's findings demonstrate a profoundly low psychiatry workforce in rural counties of Indiana. The low psychiatry workforce capacity in rural counties is so disparate that the demographic and public/behavioral health characteristics differ from the State averages in the same manner as counties without a ps

SUBMITTER: Moberly S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6470314 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature