From CNN: Indiana
Like many of its neighbors, this Rust Belt state has struggled with a sluggish economy, high unemployment, and massive budget shortfalls. And the financial trouble seems to be having a direct impact on mental health care for Hoosiers.
Due to budget pressures, many community mental-health centers have closed or downsized in recent years, and the state is facing a shortage of psychiatrists. “This is happening all over the country,” Indiana University psychiatrist Alan Schmetzer, MD, told the South Bend Tribune in 2010. “(But) the Midwest in particular is very short of psychiatrists.”
Great corporate citizens.
Like many of its neighbors, this Rust Belt state has struggled with a sluggish economy, high unemployment, and massive budget shortfalls. And the financial trouble seems to be having a direct impact on mental health care for Hoosiers.
Due to budget pressures, many community mental-health centers have closed or downsized in recent years, and the state is facing a shortage of psychiatrists. “This is happening all over the country,” Indiana University psychiatrist Alan Schmetzer, MD, told the South Bend Tribune in 2010. “(But) the Midwest in particular is very short of psychiatrists.”
Great corporate citizens.