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Pay disparity tops list of DoD provider recruitment challenges
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32156
Subject(s) - mental health , business , psychology , psychiatry
Multiple factors impede recruitment, replacement and/or retention of civilian mental health providers in the military, including low pay — the strongest issue — and lack of career advancement opportunities, according to a Department of Defense (DoD) report and review of mental health professionals, released to Congress Nov. 27 to accompany the FY 2020 Defense Health Program budget submission.