As we kick off 2024, the United States continues to have a shortage of mental health professionals to treat everyone in need. According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report, the current workforce of about 45,580 psychiatrists must increase by 2,800 to meet...
As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, so does the compensation for physicians across various specialties, including psychiatry. In this post, we will explore the latest compensation trends for psychiatrists in 2023, based on two reputable sources: Medscape's ‘Physician Compensation Report’ and Physicians Thrive's ‘2023 Physician...
Looking ahead to the new year, psychiatrists will be in high demand virtually everywhere across the U.S. According to the National Health Institute of Mental Health, nearly one-fifth of adults in the U.S. live with a mental illness. And with that high of a number of...
Psychiatrists are in short supply everywhere, and the lack of these highly skilled health professionals is particularly severe. Many of the issues that drive the general physician shortage contribute to the lack of psychiatrists including an aging workforce and physician burnout due to COVID-19. There’s also a...