There are more than 612,000 behavioral health specialists in the U.S., according to data from 2020, the most recent available. Here is a breakdown of the number of providers by specialty.
|
Specialist type |
Number of providers |
|
Addiction medicine |
3,847 |
|
Addiction psychiatry |
918 |
|
Child and adolescent psychiatry |
7,832 |
|
Licensed clinical social workers |
221,791 |
|
Licensed marriage and family therapists |
64,592 |
|
Licensed professional counselors |
172,446 |
|
Psychiatrists |
39,071 |
|
Psychologists |
102,004 |
There are 574,745 other practitioners, including primary care physicians, advanced practice providers and other physicians who prescribe behavioral health medicine, bringing the total number of providers actively treating mental health conditions to 1,187,192.