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major barriers to care in Misophonia

Molthrop et al. (2026) surveyed 22 US caregivers of individuals with misophonia and asked them to rank barriers to care alongside open-ended commentary, finding that provider shortages and access were the most frequently endorsed top barrier, followed by stigma, lack of awareness or education, financial burden, and inadequate insurance coverage. Although financial barriers ranked lower in the forced rankings, qualitative responses indicated that cost still meaningfully hindered treatment access, with families citing the expense of weekly therapy, out-of-pocket payment for private interventions, and lost income from caregiving and travel to distant providers. Caregivers also described a striking lack of misophonia awareness among healthcare and mental health clinicians, leaving families to navigate care without informed guidance. From this the authors conclude that improving access to misophonia care will require expanded provider training, broader public and clinical education to reduce stigma, and greater financial accessibility of mental health treatment more generally (Molthrop et al., 2026).