Prescription privileges and training issues: a pilot study
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1Department of Psychology, University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514, USA.
Abstract:
Despite all the rhetoric on the controversial issue of prescriptive authority for psychologists, we posit that the major factor will be one of adequate training standards. As several training models have involved lengthy and rigorous curriculum formats, we conducted a brief pilot study on the views of practicing psychologists. Only one of the 20 licensed psychologists in our sample was willing to undertake an intensive one- to two-year program in psychopharmacology at this stage of their careers.
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