{"title":"Maryland facing dire shortages of therapists, counselors, other BH workers","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34265","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Maryland will need to attract 30,000 new behavioral health workers to meet unmet needs and replace workers leaving the field, roughly the same number currently employed, according to a new report released last week. The report says that over the next 5 years and based on current trends, 45% of behavioral health professionals working today are expected to retire, leave the state or leave the field or their occupation.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"34 46","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mental Health Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mhw.34265","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Maryland will need to attract 30,000 new behavioral health workers to meet unmet needs and replace workers leaving the field, roughly the same number currently employed, according to a new report released last week. The report says that over the next 5 years and based on current trends, 45% of behavioral health professionals working today are expected to retire, leave the state or leave the field or their occupation.