Kaiser Permanente: Kaiser Permanente and Seattle University team up to address mental health workforce shortages

More than 1.2 million adults in Washington have a mental health condition. It's a growing mental health crisis. Yet in the U.S. there is only one mental health provider for every 340 individuals. 2.8 million people in Washington already live in a community that does not have enough mental health professionals and the state faces continuing mental health workforce shortages, even as demand for care increases. "Challenges such as high caseloads, limited funding, lack of training opportunities,...