Advisory Board January 3, 2024
According to the American Psychological Association’s (APA) 2023 Practitioner Pulse Survey, many psychologists say patients are struggling with worsening mental health symptoms and need longer treatment times — and many providers say they’re unable to meet this growing demand.
Patients’ mental health symptoms are worsening
APA first launched the Practitioner Pulse Survey in 2020 to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on practicing psychologists. This year, the organization distributed the survey to a random sample of 16,557 licensed U.S. psychologists between Aug. 30 and Sept. 29, 2023, and received a total of 561 responses.
In the survey, over half of respondents...