As the demand for mental health care grows across the United States, so will an expected demand for service providers. Employment growth in the mental health field — for psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, counselors, psychiatric aides and social workers — is expected to be triple the projection for a typical US job, according to a CNN analysis of new data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. A subset of mental health practitioners — specifically mental health counselors, which include substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors — is projected to grow even more rapidly.
Read the full article: Mental Health Jobs Will Grow 3 Times the Rate of All US Jobs over the Next Decade //
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/07/health/mental-health-jobs-projections-dg/index.html