Talk therapy by US psychiatrists declined by half since 1990s

Researchers analyzing 21 years of data found that the percentage of psychiatrist visits involving psychotherapy has declined by half — dropping to only 21.6 % of patient visits. Over half of U.S. psychiatrists no longer practice any psychotherapy at all. The study found that for rural, Black, Hispanic, and Medicaid patients psychiatrists’ provision of psychotherapy was exceedingly rare.