Recruiting Psychiatrists for Group Practices and Health Systems: How Behavioral Health Organizations Compete for the Rarest Clinician in the Mental Health Workforce

Recruiting Psychiatrists for Group Practices and Health Systems: How Behavioral Health Organizations Compete for the Rarest Clinician in the Mental Health Workforce

No behavioral health hiring challenge is more consequential or more frequently mishandled than the psychiatrist search. The psychiatrist — whether a board-certified MD or DO with a completed psychiatry residency — is the apex of the behavioral health clinical team....