Psychiatric News (12/27) reported, “Though the total number of child psychiatrists in the United States increased between 2007 and 2016, a shortage remains in large swaths of the country, particularly in lower-income areas,” researchers concluded after examining “data from the Area Health Resource Files of the Department of Health and Human Services to compare the numbers of child psychiatrists by county between 2007 and 2016.” The findings were published online in Pediatrics.
Related Links:
— “Many U.S. Counties Have No Child Psychiatrists, Study Finds, “Joe Gramigna, Psychiatric News , December 27, 2019