Bowen Center Director Dr. Hannah Maxey presented August 1 the Playbook for Enhancing Indiana’s Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce to the Indiana Commission to Combat Substance Use Disorder. Indiana faces an enormous challenge of recruiting and retaining a sufficient number of mental and behavioral health workers, with every county in the state meeting the criteria for a federally designated workforce shortage in these areas.
The results are staggering, with real-life implications for hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers:
- Untreated mental illness costs Indiana $4.2 billion annually
- 345,000 Hoosiers who need mental health care go without
- More than 50% of Hoosier youths with depression go untreated
- Suicide is the leading cause of death among Hoosier adolescents
That’s why the Bowen Center created a roadmap to lessen that impact by powering up the mental and behavioral health workforce. Watch Dr. Maxey’s presentation of the Playbook to the Indiana Commission to Combat Substance Use Disorder below, and read the Playbook on our dedicated site here.
