Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
On the other hand, it’s not like there are thousands of psychologists sitting around all day with nothing to do.
The best solution is to make it easier to become a mental health professional. More scholarships, more lower level training.
Before making it easier to become a mental health professional, we might think about retention. The APA figured a decade ago 65% of PhD (Psychology, not Psychiatry) students dropped out before program completion. The number that I’ve seen floated, but can’t find a source other than from the UK is, 89% of mental health practitioners leave the field within two years of graduation. Poor pay, and insurance industry woes are almost aways cited as top reasons why.