As demand rises for mental health care, staffing falls short

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By all projections, a shortage of staff in social work and mental health had already loomed before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the pandemic, however, those issues haven’t changed, and the demand has exploded.“My last internship was out of a high school," she said,"and even with the high schoolers, there were so many people on me and my supervisors’ caseload that we couldn't give everyone the adequate care that we wish we could have.”

Easterseals MORC and Oakland University recently announced a partnership. They will offer paid internships for OU students at Easterseals MORC, in addition to 10 full scholarships for OU grad students. “We're going to get people excited and want to work in this field," Wirth added."And if they want to commit to us, we're committing to them."

 

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