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Infographic: Percentage of psychologists reporting increases in patients presenting with mental health conditions in the last 12 months, 2022–2023

Infographic describing the percentage of psychologists reporting increases in patients presenting with mental health conditions in the last 12 months.

Details of infographic from APA’s 2023 practitioner pulse survey

Percentage of psychologists who reported increases

Note: Psychologists who did not answer the question or responded “Not sure/I don’t treat patients in this population group” were excluded from this analysis.

Anxiety disorders

2022: 70%
2023: 68%

Trauma- and stressor-related disorders

2022: 57%
2023: 50%

Sleep-wake disorders

2022: 45%
2023: 46%

Substance-related and addictive disorders

2022: 39%
2023: 44%

Depressive disorders

2022: 59%
2023: 44%

Neurocognitive disorders

2022: 19%
2023: 30%

Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

2022: 36%
2023: 29%

Persistent and severe mental illness

2022: 27%
2023: 26%