title: Community mental health staff utilization in Washington State: characteristics and target groups.
abstract: This study addresses human resource development issues for the State of Washington by examining relationships among clinical staff characteristics such as sex, educational level, discipline of academic study, race-ethnic group, and years of mental health treatment experience, and relationships between these staff characteristics and characteristics of staff caseloads, primarily percent of caseload falling into various state priority populations: chronically mentally ill, children, elderly, and minority groups. Results are interpreted in terms of past and future state goals for the mental health service system.
authors: P D
authors: PD
authors: Peterson
authors: G B
authors: GB
authors: Cox
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014861:Washington