While the demand for mental health treatment has soared since the pandemic, the number of psychiatrists accepting insurance is dropping. Fee for service claims during 2011-2019 showed PMHNP's provided 1 in 3 mental health prescriber visits to Medicare patients. Had there not been the growth in the PMHNP workforce during this same period, there would have been a 30% decrease in mental health specialist visits. For more details, visit the link provided.https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/growth-of-psychiatric-mental-health-nurse-practitioners-helped-offset-drop-in-psychiatrists-treating-medicare-patients/