For PAs seeking to empower their patients to be partners in their mental health, lifestyle psychiatry offers a complementary tool that all PAs, regardless of setting or specialty, can incorporate into their practice.

The mental illness statistics are staggering and familiar to every PA practicing today. More than 1 in 5 U.S. adults live with a mental illness, with anxiety and depression accounting for most of the global disability in young adults, and a significant portion of global disability.^1,2

The economic burden exceeds $280 billion annually, with treatment-resistant depression alone affecting approximately 2.8 million Americans.^3,4,5

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