A survey of the mental health workforce in Guangdong: implications for policy and workforce planning.

CONCLUSION: Guangdong province has a significant treatment gap for severe mental illness and a shortage in the mental health workforce. The distribution of the mental health workforce and facilities is imbalanced towards hospital care rather than community care.
PMID: 26405074 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - September 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Li Y, Jia F, Hou C, Ryan B, Blashki G, Everall I, Ng C Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research