Psychiatry residency programs received more than 130,000 views on FREIDA in 2025, according to rankings based on medical student activity from Jan. 1. through Dec. 31. FREIDA, the American Medical Association’s fellowship and residency database, includes more than 13,000 residency…
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Maine has the highest concentration of mental health and substance abuse social workers in the U.S., with 131.46 workers per 100,000 residents, according to Becker’s analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data and 2025 U.S. population estimates from the…
Health systems are grappling with a troubling reality: In 2023, the total cost of violence to hospitals was estimated at $18.27 billion, including the cost of treatment for victims, security staffing and violence prevention training — and not accounting for…
California enacted new staffing rules for psychiatric hospitals June 1, establishing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios and financial penalties for facilities that fail to comply. The emergency regulations, issued by the California Department of Public Health, were developed after a San Francisco…
At NatCon, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s annual conference, thousands of mental health and substance use disorder professionals gathered to discuss the future of mental healthcare — and how to strengthen the workforce needed to support it. The numbers…
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Though now fixtures of the healthcare workforce, the physician assistant and nurse practitioner professions started with only a single training program and a handful of graduates. Katie McLaughlin, PhD, executive director of the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health at…
Nebraska added an estimated 1.2 million behavioral health appointments in 2024 compared to 2010 as the state expanded its licensed behavioral health workforce, according to a 2026 report from the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska. The Behavioral Health Workforce…
Health systems are finding creative ways to recruit and retain staff, shifting away from broad workforce initiatives in favor of more targeted strategies. From licensure support programs to clinician well-being strategies and workforce violence prevention efforts, organizations are testing new…
The District of Columbia has the highest concentration of psychiatrists in the U.S., with 44.69 psychiatrists per 100,000 residents, according to Becker’s analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data and 2025 U.S. population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. …
The National Association of Social Workers is calling on policymakers to strengthen investment in the mental health workforce as demand for behavioral health services rises. The number of designated mental health professional shortage areas in the U.S. rose to 6,807…