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Nearly 40% of psychologists have a waitlist

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By Karen Stamm, Assefa Meron, Cory Page
| Monitor on Psychology Verified
Facing increasing demand for services in 2022, psychologists experienced limited workload capacity to take on new patients.1 About 38% maintained a waitlist. On average, psychologists were contacted by 15.7 prospective patients per month.
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Practitioners are overworked and burned out, and they need our support

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By Luona Lin, Assefa Meron, Karen Stamm
| Monitor on Psychology Verified
Psychologists’ workload increased substantially throughout the course of the pandemic. In response to a survey in September 2022,1 38% of U.S. licensed psychologists reported that they were working more than they did before the pandemic. Faced with the increased workload, the percentage of psychologists who reported not being able to meet the demand rose from 30% in 2020 and 41% in 2021, to 46% in 2022.
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Fewer psychology graduate programs require GRE scores postpandemic

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By Luona Lin, Wendy Williams, Karen Stamm, Assefa Meron
| Monitor on Psychology Verified
While most of the admission requirements for psychology graduate programs remain unchanged between the 2020–21 and 2021–22 academic years, the percentage of programs requiring GRE scores plunged. The percentage of psychology doctoral programs requiring GRE verbal as well as quantitative scores decreased from 45% to 26%, and those requiring GRE writing scores decreased from 40% to 23%. Psychology master’s programs saw similar decreases.
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