PAs Report High Engagement with Mental Health Patients
PAs play an important role in addressing the nation’s mental health crisis, according to the latest NCCPA specialty report.
The ninth edition of the “2023 Statistical Profile of Board Certified PAs by Specialty Annual Report” shows that 33.4% of PAs see patients daily who require mental health treatment and 26.7% of PAs initiate mental health disorder treatment.
“PAs are at the forefront of caring for patients with mental health concerns, regardless of their primary specialty,” said NCCPA President and CEO Dawn Morton-Rias, Ed.D., PA-C, ICE-CCP, FACHE.