Number of Psychiatrists Rising, but 1-in-5 Children Still Live in County Lacking a Psychiatrist

Number of Psychiatrists Rising, but 1-in-5 Children Still Live in County Lacking a Psychiatrist: Death by suicide in children, ages 10-19, increased by 86% from 2007 to 2017, according to the CDC’s fatal injury database, and there is a well-known shortage of child psychiatrist in the U.S.