ArticleJournal of psychiatric practice2025
Licensure Actions Against Psychiatric Clinicians: A Cohort Analysis of National Practitioner Database Reports.
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine trends and predictors of administrative actions against psychiatric clinicians' licenses between 2002 and 2022.
methodsData from the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) identified 6400 disciplinary actions against psychiatric clinicians' licenses. Linear trend models assessed the trends of disciplinary actions across mental/physical health, licensing/legal issues, and unprofessional conduct. A first-order autoregressive model with a time indicator interaction term evaluated structural breaks (ie, a sudden or gradual change in the characteristics of data in a time series). Predictors of claims were assessed using logistic regression.
resultsSince 2002, disciplinary actions related to clinicians' mental/physical health (P=0.004) and licensure/legal issues (P=0.018) have decreased, while actions related to unprofessional conduct remained unchanged (P=0.358). Declines emerged in 2012 for mental/physical health (break coefficient -0.367; P=0.026) and in 2009 for unprofessional conduct (break coefficient -0.199; P=0.013). Clinicians facing disciplinary actions related to physical/mental health were significantly younger than those with legal/licensure issues (P<0.001). While the average age remained stable for mental/physical health-related actions, the average age increased for actions related to licensure/legal claims and unprofessional conduct.
conclusionsThe decrease in disciplinary actions related to physical/mental health may reflect better access and acceptance of treatment of clinicians, while the reduction in licensure/legal actions may indicate policy shifts. Findings regarding age underscore the need for enhanced support for mid and late-career clinicians to promote lifelong learning and practice.
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