The North Carolina Mental Health and Substance Abuse Workforce
Presentation to AHEC Statewide Annual Meeting
September 10, 2015
Erica Richman, PhD, MSW, Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP & Katie Gaul, MA
Key Findings:
We need a comprehensive mental health workforce study in the state
• Analyze data on existing health professions in HPDS—psychiatrists, psychologists, psych NPs and PAs
• Collect and analyze data on social workers, licensed professional counselors and licensed marriage therapists
• Study would fit with National Governors Association project focused on workforce needed to serve Medicaid population