Psychiatric Times April 10, 2024
What can be done about the shortages among psychiatry subspecialists?
COMMENTARY
The United States is in the midst of a mental health crises and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health continues to reverberate.1 Unfortunately, only about half of those struggling with mental illness receive treatment2 and this is exacerbated by the deficit in the number of psychiatrists needed to meet public demand.3 Even worse however, are the shortages seen among psychiatry subspecialists with only 27.7% of counties having at least 1 child and adolescent psychiatrist, 10.5% having a geriatric psychiatrist, and 7.6% with an addiction psychiatrist.3
Despite growing interest among medical students to pursue psychiatry residency training, this interest has not resulted in an increase in fellowship...
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