One Way to Alleviate the Severe Shortage of People Working

question 680

Multiple Choice

One way to alleviate the severe shortage of people working in mental health occupations is to

• A) encourage people to enter the field as paraprofessionals.
• B) encourage psychiatrists to take on bigger case loads.
• C) remove the emphasis on preventative mental health services so the seriously disturbed can be attended to.
• D) simply pay these professionals what they are worth.

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