Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Bill Seeks to Rectify Shortage Of Child MH Clinicians  Psychiatric News story - "APA and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry support legislation to expand the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists and child mental health professionals. Legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate last month to create financial incentives for medical students and residents to become child psychiatrists and for child psychiatry training programs to increase their recruitment and enrollment, according to an action alert from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act would provide similar financial incentives and educational support for individuals to become child mental health professionals, defined by the bill as psychologists, school psychologists, psychiatric nurses, school social workers, marriage and family therapists, school counselors, and professional counselors..."