The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry’s Scholars Program: A Model Program for Recruitment into Psychiatric Subspecialties

The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry’s Scholars Program: A Model Program for Recruitment into Psychiatric Subspecialties

The number of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in the USA is insufficient to meet the needs of a population where nearly one in five adults experience some form of mental illness [1]. A large majority of outpatient mental health care for these specialized populations is provided b...

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Published in:Academic psychiatry Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 688 - 692
Main Authors: Wilkins, Kirsten M., Forester, Brent, Conroy, Michelle, Kirwin, Paul D. S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01-10-2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Accreditation - standards
Career Planning
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Education, Medical, Graduate
Feature: Educational Case Report
Funding
Geriatric psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry - economics
Geriatric Psychiatry - education
Geriatrics
Graduate Medical Education
Humans
Internship and Residency
Leadership
Medical Education
Medical students
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mentors
Pharmaceutical industry
Professional relationships
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Seminars
Workforce
United States > US
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Summary:The number of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in the USA is insufficient to meet the needs of a population where nearly one in five adults experience some form of mental illness [1]. A large majority of outpatient mental health care for these specialized populations is provided by non-psychiatric physicians [3] and general psychiatrists without subspecialty training [4, 5]. The 2012 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults: In Whose Hands?” projects that the growth of elderly individuals in the US population will outpace the geriatric psychiatry workforce capacity [6]. From 2006 to 2007, the Geriatric Mental Health Foundation (GMHF) funded the program.
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ISSN:1042-9670
1545-7230
DOI:10.1007/s40596-017-0704-6