Panelists discuss how the global shortage of psychiatrists contributes to patient burden by necessitating expanded training for other health care professionals, including nurse practitioners, ...

A state legislator and social worker argues that multi-state licensure compacts and budget investments are essential to ...

Virginia Tech is taking aim at the mental health professional shortage in Southwest Virginia with a new $1.4 million federal ...

NEW YORK -- In state after state, bleak statistics and grim anecdotes lead to the same diagnosis: America suffers from a serious, long-term shortage of child psychiatrists that is taking a toll on ...

A new child psychiatrist at the Robert Young Center said one thing that attracted him to the profession was the increased need for child psychiatrists nationwide. Dr. Robert Algaier joined the Robert ...

Dr. Marc Lashley received almost no training in medical school in how to deal with children’s mental health issues. But when he started practicing as a pediatrician, he found there was a critical — ...

(WAVY) — Hampton Roads is facing a shortage of youth mental health psychiatrists, and according to the Virginia Mental Health Access Program, that applies to most counties in the state, also. The ...

MASON CITY — The psychiatrist shortage is statewide and acute, said Roger Munns, public affairs spokesman for the Iowa Department of Public Health in Des Moines. “It’s hard to get (psychiatrists) to ...