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55 of 72 rural Counties in wisconsin face psychiatrist shortage

11/12/2018

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Fifty-five of 72 Wisconsin counties face a “significant shortage” of psychiatrists and 20 have no practicing psychiatrists at all. The dearth of psychiatrists in these areas, along with the high prevalence of mental illness and substance abuse in the state, likely contribute to a gap in which more than half of Wisconsin adults in need of services for a mental health disorder go without care.

Read more by clicking: ​wispolicyforum.org/focus/rural-counties-face-psychiatrist-shortage/
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