Behavioral Health Business September 9, 2022
Expanding numbers of nurse practitioners have filled the void left by the declining influence of physicians involved in behavioral health care.
However, the rise of nurse practitioners has not totally offset downward trends among physicians in terms of the general mental health workforce or in terms of national medication-assisted treatment (MAT) capacity, according to two recent Health Affairs studies.
The coronavirus pandemic worsened historic workforce struggles. A separate, recent analysis found the collective mental health workforce, including nurse practitioners, totals about 1.2 million.
In both Health Affairs pieces, the study authors said that regulatory barriers limit nurse practitioners from totally meeting demand.
“[There] is an urgent need for solutions to expand access to more Americans,” the workforce analysis study...
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