Reports: data-driven briefs on the state of the profession
Reports are shrinkiatry's deeper, data-driven pieces: longer briefs that pull together public datasets and primary sources to describe the state of the profession, with the sources shown and the methodology described.
The State of Psychiatry Access, 2026
About 137 million Americans live in a designated mental-health shortage area, and only about a quarter of the need is met. Our flagship report pulls the federal numbers together with a state-by-state read and a downloadable dataset.
Where an article explains one idea, a report assembles the numbers behind a whole topic. These are built from public data anyone could find, organized so the picture is legible. Each report states what the data can and can't tell you.
Key takeaways
- Reports assemble public data into a legible picture of the profession.
- Sources are shown and methodology described, so claims can be checked.
- Each report states what the data can and can't tell you.
- Standing reports are kept current as the underlying data updates.
What a report is
A report is a longer, data-driven brief that pulls together public datasets and primary sources to describe a whole topic, with the sources shown and the methodology described. It's the format for questions that need numbers, not just explanation.
Built from public data
Reports use data anyone could find, including HRSA workforce projections, ACGME training data, federal surveys, and peer-reviewed research, organized so the picture is legible. Each report states what the data can and can't support, consistent with our evidence methodology.
Standing reports
Some topics get standing reports kept current as the data updates: the workforce (the psychiatrist shortage), burnout (burnout in psychiatry), and telepsychiatry (what telepsychiatry changes). Compensation and technology-adoption reports are planned.
Read next in this section
What 1099 telepsychiatry actually pays
1099 vs W2, the pay structures, and the honest ranges.
Read →ReportPsychiatrist compensation, by the numbers
What psychiatrists earn, by setting, with sources and honest ranges.
Read →ReportPsychiatrists per capita, by state
All 50 states and DC ranked by residents per psychiatrist.
Read →ReportMental-health need met, by state
HRSA shortage data: how much of each state's need is met.
Read →ReportWhere the psychiatrists are
The geography of the workforce, and the counties with none.
Read →Workforce reportThe Psychiatrist Shortage
Our standing brief on workforce supply, demand, and access.
Read →Burnout reportBurnout in Psychiatry
What national surveys show about burnout in the specialty, in context.
Read →Telepsychiatry reportTelepsychiatry, after the cliff
How remote prescribing rules and practice patterns are settling.
Read →Common questions
Where does the data come from?
From public sources such as HRSA workforce projections, ACGME training data, federal surveys, and peer-reviewed research, all cited so the figures can be checked.
Are these reports predictions?
Some include projections from sources like HRSA, which we describe as projections rather than fixed forecasts. Each report states what the data can and can't tell you.
Sources
- HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce, projections and briefs. https://bhw.hrsa.gov/data-research
- ACGME data resources. https://www.acgme.org/about/publications-and-resources/graduate-medical-education-data-resource-book/
Part of The Psychiatry Operating Room, shrinkiatry's map of the profession behind psychiatric care.