Statistics about Psychological disorders

Medical malpractice statistics for Psychological disorders:

The following are medical malpractice statistics from various sources about Psychological disorders:

• Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for clinical psychologist malpractice in the USA:
  • 916 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding clinical psychologists in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
• Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for psychologist malpractice in the USA:
  • 67 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding psychologists in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
• Medical malpractice lawsuit payment report statistics for clinical psychologist malpractice in the USA:
  • 631 malpractice payment reports were made against clinical psychologists in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
  • Less than 1% of malpractice payment reports were made against clinical psychologists in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Psychological disorders. The term 'prevalence' of Psychological disorders usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Psychological disorders at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Psychological disorders refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Psychological disorders diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.