We need more therapists. They need more power.

We need more therapists, and it’s a systemwide defect, writes Isabel M. Perera, assistant professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences, in a USA Today opinion article

“Why? Different factors have gotten airtime – rising stress levels, poor insurance reimbursement rates and a broken pipeline for training new providers,” Perera writes in the piece. “However, there’s a deeper, less discussed issue at play: Mental health professionals lack collective political power.”

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