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Mental health workforce
Across nearly all license types, Oklahoma lacks enough behavioral health providers.
Some of Oklahoma's deepest shortages are for the most highly trained providers, like psychiatrists and psychologists.
Source: Oklahoma state licensure boards, Health Resources and Services Administration
Data definitions
The "estimated need" bar in the above chart relies on workforce projections from the Health Resources and Services Administration' Elevated Need Scenario. Learn more about how this is calculated in our 2023 publication on Oklahoma's behavioral health workforce needs. Oklahoma's supply rates for each profession come from its respective state licensure board.