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Preparing psychologists to prescribe.

Lee Sechrest1, James A Coan

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, USA. sechrest@u.arizona.edu

Journal of Clinical Psychology
|May 15, 2002
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Professionals authorized to prescribe medications undergo extensive pharmacological training. Psychologists seeking prescribing privileges would require similar rigorous education, significantly altering clinical psychology practice.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Psychology Training

Background:

  • Understanding training requirements for prescribing professionals is crucial for evaluating potential prescription privileges for psychologists.
  • Current prescribing professionals include physicians, dentists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and optometrists.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the training received by professionals currently authorized to prescribe medications.
  • To inform the requirements for preparing psychologists for potential prescription privileges.

Main Methods:

  • Collected data on admission and curriculum requirements from medical schools, dental schools, physician assistant programs, nurse practitioner programs, and schools of optometry.
  • Analyzed pharmacologically relevant coursework in existing prescribing programs.

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Main Results:

  • Programs that prepare professionals to prescribe medications require a high level of pharmacologically relevant coursework.
  • Admission and completion of these programs necessitate substantial training in pharmacology.

Conclusions:

  • Granting psychologists prescription privileges would likely necessitate comparable pharmacological training.
  • Such training requirements would significantly and permanently alter the field of clinical psychology.