Workforce

Universities are investing in the behavioral health workforce by expanding certificates and degree programs amid nationwide shortages. This comes as workforce shortages worsened in 2025 from 2024, according to federal data. As of Dec. 13, 2025, the number of designated mental…

Leominster, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health-Community Healthlink has increased planned layoffs to 231 positions, effective Sept. 16, and plans to permanently close all of its programs and cease operations as an agency, according to a WARN report shared with Becker’s.  The…

West Virginia has the highest concentration of clinical and counseling psychologists in the U.S., with 52.09 psychologists 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…

Illinois’ certified peer recovery workforce has grown 335% since 2022, with 1,010 people now credentialed as Certified Recovery Support Specialists or Certified Peer Recovery Specialists, according to a July 8 news release from the Illinois Department of Human Services. Here…

MaineHealth Behavioral Health in Westbrook launched a new advanced practice provider psychiatric mental health fellowship to prepare graduated psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician associates for practice. The 12-month program begins Sept. 30, according to a July 6 news release from…

South Carolina’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities eliminated 248 administrative positions June 30, including 47 filled jobs and 201 vacant positions, according to a July 1 report from Fox Carolina. Here are three things to know: Becker’s has…

Nebraska’s $25.5 million behavioral health workforce initiative supported more than 800 trainees, expanded rural telebehavioral health services and helped organizations recruit and retain clinicians, according to a study published June 24 in Psychiatric Services. Researchers at the University of Nebraska…

The U.S. could face a steep decline in its adult psychiatry workforce over the next decade, with workforce adequacy projected to fall to 42.8% by 2037 as psychiatrist supply shrinks and demand rises, according to a study published May 5…

Forty-three U.S. universities were ranked among the top 100 in the world for psychiatry and psychology by U.S. News & World Report.   U.S. News’ “Best Global Universities” ranked 2,250 universities overall and by 51 academic subject areas. The subject rankings…

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…