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Published Research on Prescription Privileges for Psychologists

Oregon Psychologists Continue Push for Prescribing Rights - From the Lund Report. This is the 5th try. Will the issue of access to care turn the tide?

Increasing Access to Mental Health Care: Improving Quality of Care and Reducing Costs through Prescriptive Authority for Licensed Psychologists with Specialty Training. American Psychological Association, Division 55 News.

From Psychology Today: An Alternative Viewpoint on Prescriptive Privileges for Psychologists by Daniel Carlat, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine.

National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers - Takes a stand in their position paper: FAILURE TO SERVE - A White Paper on the Use of Medications.... and Misuse in Behavioral Interventions

Oregon scores victory for Prescriptive Authority but Governor Vetoes Does lobbying at the executive level create the greatest challenge for RxP?

YouTube - Psychologists and Prescriptive Authority - A good basic overview of training as a 'Medical Psychologist'

YouTube - 'Why Tennessee Needs Prescribing Psychologists' - Becky's Story - Describing the issues of access to care, which is one of the key points of the prescribing psychologist effort in the U.S.

APA Practice Central - American Psychological Association Advocacy Info on Prescriptive Authority

Psychiatrists Write Fewer Than 1 in 4 Psychoactive Prescriptions - From ApA.

Who Can Prescribe in the U.S.? Drug Enforcement Administration Mid-Level Practitioner Authorization by State - Lists all non-MD professions with prescriptive authority and how the DEA keeps track. Note Louisiana chart showing Medical Psychologist.

Web Links -access for a broad range of topics on mental health treatment and medical information
Articles & Links on RxP from APA Division 55 - American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy - various links to browse.
The American Academy of Medical Psychology
The National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers (NAPPP) - Continuing Education, Advocacy on RxP, Provider Info
Pharmaceutical Companies - Links to companies such as Glaxo, Merck, et al.
Online Journals in Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health
Medication and Mental Health Information Sites

Is APA Failing to Serve the Interests of Clinicians? click here for info on a changing national landscape

Psychology's First Prescribers - Article on U.S. Dept. of Defense Training Psychologists to Prescribe Medication
Prescription Privileges: 'Not Such a Crazy Idea' - Interesting Article on RxP - pdf.file
Why Seek Prescriptive Authority? Q & A Developed by the Tenn. Psychological Association.

Psychologist Point and Psychiatrist Counterpoint - From the Albuquerque Journal following the passage of the prescriptive authority bill in New Mexico. Nice summary of the debate and one of the early original pro/con pieces.