Reports: Disparities
An important goal of the Mental Health Transformation Project has been working toward coordination and collaboration among agencies that provide services to mental health consumers to make them more effective and systematized, increasingly aligning them in philosophy and approach. The reports in this section look at some of the disparities that exist in the delivery of these services.
- Disparities of Mental Health Services between Urban and Rural Communities [
2.5MB] - Geographic Disparities in Washington State's Mental Health Workforce [ 1.8MB]
Geographic Disparities in Washington State's Mental Health Workforce
The Mental Health Transformation Project contracted with researchers at the University of North Carolina Sheps Center to conduct a survey of mental health services need and workforce availability in Washington state. Entitled Geographic Disparities in Washington State's Mental Health Workforce, the report profiles Washington State's need for mental health services, provides counts of the state's mental health professional workforce, locates workforce shortages, and assesses geographic disparities in these indices across the state. The report compares Washington to nearby states and other SAMHSA-funded Mental Health Transformation states as well as to the U.S. as a whole. Policy implications for mental health transformation in Washington State are highlighted.
Geographic Disparities in Washington State's Mental Health Workforce:
