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Expanding Behavioral Health Access in Underserved Communities

By David Minot 1 min read

Transformations Care Network shows how sustained investment in clinicians, supervision, and infrastructure can expand behavioral health access in underserved markets.
The post Expanding Behavioral Health Access in Underserved Communities appeared first on Behavioral Health News. The United States faces a persistent behavioral health access gap — one that varies by market but extends well beyond federally designated shortage areas. Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) identify communities, populations, and facilities where the supply of health professionals falls short of need. In mental health HPSAs, the shortage specifically reflects mental health providers. More than 150 million Americans live in a federally designated mental health HPSA, where licensed behavioral health providers are too scarce to meet population demand.1 But provider scarcity is not limited to HPSA-designated markets. Even… — Read More

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