This brief overviews the key challenges contributing to the behavioral workforce shortage and suggests solutions to address this problem. Published by the National Council for Behavioral Health in 2018.
BHECON is a platform to bring stakeholders, researchers, policy experts and government officials across the fields of behavioral health, criminal justice, and public safety together to consider initiatives and reforms based on sound economic data. BHECON believes leveraging data and engaging diverse stakeholders can drive behavioral health system change to improve the lives of individuals living with serious mental illness.