optimizing the role of military behavioral health technicians: a survey of behavioral health technicians and mental health providers

Building on prior RAND research that found inconsistencies in how behavioral health technicians (BHTs) were integrated across the Military Health System, researchers surveyed military BHTs and licensed mental health providers who work alongside them to gain insights on BHTs? contributions, training and supervision, and job satisfaction, as well as barriers to better integrating them into clinical practice.