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Compounding Issues from the Psychiatrist Shortage in the United States
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Compounding Issues From the Psychiatrist Shortage In the United States. . 2023. marian.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/c41fbf59-3394-4fa4-985c-7a8997734c01.APA citation style (7th ed.)
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Compounding Issues From the Psychiatrist Shortage In the United States. 2023. https://marian.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/c41fbf59-3394-4fa4-985c-7a8997734c01.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Increasing Demands for Mental Health Services
- Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in ages 10 -14 after unintentional injury
- Pediatric mental health-related emergency department visits have almost doubled in the past 10 years
- 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience mental illness each year
Treatment Delays
- The average delay between onset of mental illness symptoms and treatment is 11 years.
- 47.2% of U.S. adults with mental illness received treatment in 2021.
- Nearly 60% of patients who receive mental health treatment do so through their primary care physician.
Shortage Areas
- 164 million people live in mental health professional shortage areas.
Submitted as part of the BMS-515 Public Health and US Healthcare System course for MUCOM Research Day.
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