NR 506 Health Policy analysis 2020 | Mental health care access

HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS: MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS IN VIRGINIA BY MARY LEDOUX CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING NR 506 HEALTH CARE POLICY DR. HANKINS FEBRUARY 2, 2020PROBLEM STATEMENT How do we improve mental health access care in Virginia?BACKGROUND - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -ournal of Academic Medicine, 3(1), 5–9. Retrieved from Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019). Suicide mortality rate by state [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from Center for Disease Control and Prevention website: Keller, A. O., Hooker, R. S., & Jacobs, E. A. (2018). Visits for depression to physician assistants and nurse practitioners in the USA. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 45, 310–319. Mental Health America. (2018). The state of mental health in America [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from Mental Health America website: National Alliance on Mental Illness. (2019). Mental health by the numbers [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from National Alliance on Mental Illness website: Teitelbaum, J. B., & Wilensky, S. E. (2017). Essentials of health policy and law (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2018). Occupational handbook and outlook [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics website: Weiner, S. (2018). Addressing the escalating psychiatrist shortage. Retrieved from Association of American Colleges website: