The study was designed to provide a base for mental health manpower planning. The first and principal section of Volume I is an annotated bibliography of applicable articles and books. An index lists items included in the bibliography according to subject and profession. A discussion of two conceptual approaches to alleviating the manpower shortage, and a section listing suggestions cited frequently in the literature are included. A final section includes four appendixes (1) a list of organizations and individuals knowledgeable about manpower, (2) a bibliography of peripheral sources, (3) a partial listing of work currently being done in the field of mental health manpower, and (4) the analysis of a questionnaire designed to discover psychiatrists' conceptions of solutions to the shortage. Volume II includes (1) six papers representing a review of literature in the manpower field, (2) seven original papers dealing with particular aspects of the problem, (3) comments on the papers by manpower and mental health experts, (4) results of a survey of the views of training directors on psychiatric education, and a paper presenting suggestions for personnel recruitment and utilization, (5) results of the survey of psychiatric opinion, and (6) a selective summary of current research. (JK)