The 2024 Practitioner Pulse Report, published in December, surveyed 853 psychologists over Sept.4-30. The survey asked about patient symptoms, whether the provider was accepting new patients, what insurances were accepted and how providers saw patients.
Here are five things to know:
1. The majority of psychologists said the severity of symptoms among patients is increasing and 44% reported increases in treatment course length. Among early-career psychologists, 64% saw an increase in symptom severity among patients and 58% reported increase in treatment length.
2. About 53% of psychologists said they did not have openings for new patients, but reported being contacted by an average 8.8 people seeking services each month.
3.One-third of psychologists still report feeling burned out, which disproportionately affected early career professionals.
4. About 66% of psychologists currently accept some form of insurance, while 34% accept no insurance.
5. One in 10 psychologists used AI at least monthly for tasks such as note-taking or reducing administrative burden. But 27% said they worried that AI may make some or all of their job duties obsolete in the future.
