Patients living with serious mental illness have complex and growing needs and the behavioral health workforce can't keep pace with the ratcheting demand for services. This issue brief outlines this growing crisis and describes how, similar to the VA model, psychiatric pharmacists can serve as a leading option to expand access to care and assist in filling gaps. Congress must take action to remove barriers to the inclusion of psychiatric pharmacists as outlined in the brief.
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