MedCity News January 12, 2026
Addressing the burnout demands integrated systems that lighten administrative burdens rather than compound them.
The mental health workforce is burning out, and it’s not from doing therapy. And despite increasing awareness of the issue, alarming data — such as the APA’s 2023 Practitioner Pulse Survey, which found that 36% of psychologists report feeling burnt out — remains stubbornly high.
By now, healthcare leaders understand that mental health workers are at their limits. But what’s less universally understood is how the consequences of this crisis extend beyond clinician wellbeing, ultimately putting patient outcomes in jeopardy.
Research published in JAMA Network Open found that patients treated by burned-out therapists achieved clinically meaningful improvement only 28.3% of the time, compared to...
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