California Psychiatric Association Documents
Psychiatry in Rural California
Psychiatrists & Other Physicians,
and Psychologists
In Rural Counties*
Highlights of Spring, 1996 Survey of Psychiatry in Rural California
by California Psychiatric Association
- Only Alpine County did not have psychiatric coverage (14 patients/
1200 residents).
- 4 counties had no psychologists (Alpine, Colusa, San Benito and Sierra)
- 11 counties had no psychologists listed in the phone book, and 7 counties
had only 1 psychologist registered with the Board (which includes school
psychologists) or listed in the phone book.
- Physicians outnumber psychologists by between 29 to 1 and 16 to 1!
In 14 of the counties, psychiatrists available to treat patients may outnumber
psychologists.
- Since telephone listings would reveal those available to treat patients
in that county, there may actually be fewer psychologists available in
rural California counties that psychiatrists.
| County |
Population (1) |
Physicians
(2) |
Psychiatrists
(3) |
Psychologists (4) |
Alpine |
1,200 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Sierra |
3,400 |
2 |
0.1 |
0 |
Modoc |
10,400 |
6 |
0.2 |
0 or 1 |
| Mono |
11,200 |
17 |
0.6 |
not available / 1 |
| Trinity |
13,800 |
14 |
0.4 |
0 or 1 |
| Mariposa |
16,400 |
21 |
0.2 |
0 or 4 |
| Colusa |
17,500 |
13 |
0.4 |
0 |
| Inyo |
18,900 |
44 |
0.6 |
not available /10 |
| Plumas |
21,000 |
25 |
0.4 |
1 or 3 |
| Glenn |
26,500 |
8 |
0.6 |
0 or 1 |
| Del Norte |
28,800 |
35 |
1 |
1 |
| Lassen |
29,400 |
36 |
0.2 |
0 or 7 |
| Amador |
33,200 |
51 |
0.6 |
1 or 4 |
| Calaveras |
37,600 |
37 |
0.5 |
2 |
| San Benito |
41,000 |
28 |
0.6 |
0 |
| Siskiyou |
45,800 |
62 |
1.1 |
0 or 3 |
| Tuolumne |
52,400 |
104 |
3.5 |
2 |
| Tehama |
54,700 |
50 |
1.3 |
1 |
| Mendocino |
85,600 |
193 |
10.35 |
12 or 20 |
| Madera |
105,700 |
68 |
2 |
0 or 3 |
| Kings |
114,200 |
105 |
2 |
4 or 1 |
| Humboldt |
127,500 |
256 |
12 |
12 or 14 |
| Imperial |
135,700 |
116 |
8 |
3 or 6 |
| Sutter & Yuba |
136,600 |
189 |
10.6 |
6 or 4 |
| Totals |
1,312,500 |
1725 |
63.25 |
59 to 107 |
*Counties of less than 140,000 population
(1) Source: California Dept. of Finance, July 1995
(2) Source: California Medical Board
(3) Source : County Mental Health and telephone books
(4) Source: First number is psychologists listed in the telephone book;
second number is from the Board of Psychology and includes school psychologists.
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