Leveraging Behavioral Health Consultants in Integrated Care to Detect and Triage Menopause in Midlife Women

• By: Kim Hunter-Bryant, MA, LCSW, PMH-C Covenant House Health Services
• January 19th, 2026
• assessment and triage, behavioral health consultant, behavioral health workforce, differential diagnosis, integrated care, menopause, menopause symptoms, midlife women’s mental health, primary care, primary care integration, psychoeducation, Winter 2026 Issue, workforce shortage, workforce training
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The United States is facing an urgent crisis: a significant shortage of behavioral health professionals that leaves countless individuals without the care they desperately need (Bishop et al., 2024). In this landscape, optimizing the existing workforce is not merely a tactical choice; it is a...

A Faltering Behavioral Health Workforce and a Prescription for Progress

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• January 19th, 2026
• behavioral health workforce, clinician burnout, emotional labor, professional development, recruitment and retention, regulatory challenges, technology in behavioral health, Winter 2026 Issue, workforce shortage
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The behavioral healthcare workforce is under considerable duress and ill equipped to meet a moment marked by unprecedented rates of mental illness, substance dependence, and other indices of human distress. By some measures, approximately half of mental health professionals report burnout because...

What is Old is New Again: Recognizing the Value of Housing and Employment in Recovery

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• January 22nd, 2024
• behavioral health disorders, employment, housing instability, loneliness epidemic, mental health, parity provisions, public health interventions, social determinants of health, substance use crisis, Winter 2024 Issue, workforce shortage
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To successfully navigate unprecedented epidemics of mental illness and substance use, we must address both an enduring workforce crisis and the myriad political and socioeconomic factors that undermine behavioral health, particularly for members of vulnerable populations. Many individuals with...

Supportive Housing Workers are Burnt-Out, Overworked, and in Dire Need of Support

• By: Pascale Leone, MPP Rebecca Zangen, MSc The Supportive Housing Network of NY
• January 22nd, 2024
• behavioral health, mental health challenges, recruitment and retention, staffing crisis, supportive housing, systemic racism, training programs, trauma-informed care, wages and benefits, Winter 2024 Issue, workforce shortage
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Essential to the health and recovery of our formerly unhoused neighbors with the most complex needs are critical workforce investments for those who serve and support them. The future of supportive housing, the most effective tool available to combat chronic homelessness, is threatened by a severe...

Behavioral Health News Spotlight on Excellence: An Interview with Mitchell Netburn, President & CEO of Samaritan Daytop Village

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• January 5th, 2023
• addiction treatment, asylum seekers, Board training, fentanyl, harm reduction, mental health treatment, mental illness, methadone clinics, Narcan, opioid crisis, saving lives, staff training, substance use disorder, supportive housing, telehealth, Winter 2023 Issue, workforce shortage
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Overview David Minot, Executive Director of Mental Health News Education, the non-profit organization that publishes Behavioral Health News, interviewed Mitchell Netburn, President and CEO of Samaritan Daytop Village, a nonprofit organization that has been improving the quality of life for New...

Innovative Programs are Transforming New York State’s Behavioral Healthcare System

• By: Ann M. Sullivan, MD New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• October 11th, 2022
• 988, access to care, children, community-based treatment, crisis care, Fall 2022 Issue, families, healthcare disparities, innovation, mental health, prevention, wellness, workforce shortage
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As we recover from the COVID Pandemic, we must look forward to the future and the critical issues our behavioral health care system will need to address. We know that over 40% of New Yorkers will have a mental health impact from this pandemic and we are seeing over twice the number of our youth...

Help Wanted! Now More Than Ever

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• September 30th, 2021
• behavioral health, Fall 2021 Issue, investment, workforce, workforce shortage
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A 2016 report of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) offered a bleak depiction of the current and future state of the nation’s behavioral health services workforce. Nearly half the American population resides in a designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), and...

Meeting the Workforce Challenge at Outreach

• By: Debra Pantin Outreach Development Corporation
• July 1st, 2019
• addiction treatment, behavioral health workforce, continuing education, employee engagement, evidence-based practices, professional development, staff retention, workforce shortage
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As behavioral health care providers confront the unrelenting opioid epidemic, in an environment of rapidly evolving reforms in health delivery and payment systems, one theme continues to resonate: the importance of a vital workforce. It comes as no surprise that compounding the reality of systems...

BHN Summer 2019 Issue

• July 1st, 2019
• behavioral health workforce, career pathways, mental health professionals, peer support, professional challenges, training and development, workforce retention, workforce shortage
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