Ritu Chatterjee
Appearances
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-04-2025 2AM EDT
From 2018 to 2021, the number of Americans receiving psychotherapy or talk therapy grew from about 16 million to 22 million. Dr. Mark Olson is a psychiatrist and epidemiologist at Columbia University.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-04-2025 2AM EDT
While a majority of people in therapy also used antidepressants or other psychiatric medications, the number of people using only medication declined during this time, especially among people getting treatment for trauma and stress-related disorders. The findings are published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News.