Reconceptualizing the Mental Health Workforce: A Principle-based White Paper with Strategies for Operationalization
Mental health affects every domain of life and must be supported by a mental health workforce that functions across settings. The dynamic nature of mental health necessitates members of the workforce provide prevention, health care, and social services worldwide. It must adapt to unique settings with varying availabilities of resources to improve the well-being of each member of society. However, with a scarcity and unequal distribution of providers and resources, the traditional mental health workforce is not equipped to meet the mental health needs of individuals across the life course.