Innovative Training Through Personal Connections: How a Behavioral Health Podcast Is Transforming Staff Development

• By: Lori Ashcraft, MSW, MPA, PhD, ITE Resilience, Inc. Patty Blum, PhD, CPRP, ITE Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc.
• January 19th, 2026
• behavioral health, burnout prevention, continuing education, podcast, professional training, recovery-oriented practice, staff development, trauma-informed care, Winter 2026 Issue
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In today’s rapidly changing behavioral health landscape, frontline staff often face complex challenges that require continuous learning, updating skills, and meaningful guidance from those with deep expertise. Traditional training formats, while valuable, can be difficult to attend due to time...

Transforming Access Through Strategic Investment in Behavioral Health Workforce Development

• By: Sophie Pauze, MPA Omar Fattal, MD, MPH NYC Health + Hospitals
• January 19th, 2026
• behavioral health workforce, career pathways, financial incentives, professional training, public health system, recruitment strategies, retention and wellbeing, Winter 2026 Issue, workforce development
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In the face of rising demand for behavioral health care and persistent workforce shortages, NYC Health + Hospitals has made workforce development a central lever for system transformation. Through a suite of programs focused on recruitment, retention, training, and expanded career pathways, we are...

Rural Workforce Development: Critical Challenges

• By: Rachel W. Bush, PhD New York Medical College
• July 1st, 2019
• job satisfaction, mental health access, physician shortage, professional training, rural demographics, rural healthcare, stigma, workforce development
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The critical challenges that are associated with rural workforce development remain a significant issue in America. We have an obligation to explore the best ways of caring for the underserved rural population. Currently we have a health professions crisis unfolding. The federal government projects...

Brief Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment: Designing Social Work Education to Enhance Clinical Practice

• By: Andrew Bloch, LCSW Michael Cavallaro, LCSW Kathleen Friedman, LCSW-R, CSC Melodee Morrison, LCSW Arabelle Rowe, LCSW Michelle Sardone, LCSW Barbara Waltman, LCSW-R NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Division
• April 1st, 2016
• brief treatment, clinical social work, inpatient psychiatric care, mental health services, patient care, professional training, psychiatric stabilization, treatment outcomes
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Over the past several years, the primary focus of inpatient psychiatric treatment has moved to a model of brief treatment and shortened length of stay. There have been many factors driving this, including the advent of managed care. The main goal of inpatient treatment has become rapid assessment...

Investing in a Professional, Caring, and Mission-driven Workforce

• By: Staff Writer Odyssey House
• April 1st, 2016
• behavioral health workforce, continuing education, mental health services, professional training, quality care, substance use treatment, workforce development, workforce growth
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The behavioral health care workforce is one of the fastest growing in the country. Projections for 2020, based on U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, forecast a significant rise in employment for substance abuse and mental health counselors with a 36% increase from 2010-2020 – greater than the 11%...

Workforce Development Needs of Addiction Professionals in New Jersey

• By: Diane Litterer, MPA, CPS New Jersey Prevention Network
• April 1st, 2016
• addiction counseling, Addiction workforce development, behavioral health, certification, clinical supervision, co-occurring disorders, professional training, substance use disorders
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A unique structure has been created to support the training and workforce development needs of addiction professionals in New Jersey. Through the NJ Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, a statewide Addiction Training & Workforce Development (ATWD)...