Medical Xpress January 17, 2025
More than one-quarter of U.S. health care providers reported meeting diagnostic criteria for psychopathology during the pandemic, but only 38 percent of these reported seeking care, according to research published in the Jan. 16 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Anthony Papa, Ph.D., from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, and colleagues studied mental health symptoms and care-seeking among U.S. health care providers during the pandemic. A total of 2,603 primary care physicians, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants were surveyed during September 2022 to May 2023.
The researchers found that 45.4 percent of participants reported they did not need mental health care and 20.3 percent had sought care....
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