News Report | June 24, 2018
Of Physician Office Visits For Mental Health, 55% Were To Psychiatrists
From 2012 through 2014, American adults made more than 30 million physician office visits for mental health concerns, and 55% of those visits were to psychiatrists. For adults age 18 and older, the mental health-related office visit rate was 1,251 per 10,000 adults. The psychiatrist visit rate was 693 per 10,000 adults. The rate of primary care visits for a mental health concern was 397 per 10,000 adults. The rate of visits to other specialists for a mental health concern was 162 per 10,000 adults. Mental health office visits are defined as any visit . . .