Prescriptive authority for psychologists : a history and guide / edited by Morgan T. Sammons, Ronald F. Levant, and Ruth Ullmann Paige.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sammons, Morgan T.

Levant, Ronald F.

Paige, Ruth Ullmann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical psychologists--Prescriptive authority.

Clinical psychologists.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 228 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2003]

Summary:

Contributors examine the struggle of psychologists to acquire the authority to prescribe psychotropic medications and recount the academic, political, and organizational issues that must be addressed to make this expansion of psychological practice a reality. The book provides details on the structure of existing prescriptive training programs as well as political strategies that advocates have used to advance legislation. Contributors also examine the future of prescriptive authority and how psychologists can integrate it into their treatment armamentarium to achieve the goal of becoming primary providers of behavioral health care services

Contents:

Foreword: Reflections on Prescriptive Authority and the Evolution of Psychology in the 21st Century / Patrick H. DeLeon xi

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Politics and Pragmatics of Prescriptive Authority / Morgan T. Sammons 3

Chapter 2. Early Efforts by Psychologists to Obtain Prescriptive Authority / Ronald E. Fox 33

Chapter 3. Doubts About Prescribing / Laura S. Brown 47

Chapter 4. The Prescriptive Authority Agenda: Evolving Structures and Efforts in the American Psychological Association / Ruth Ullmann Paige, Elizabeth A. Robinson 59

Chapter 5. The Department of Defense Experiment: The Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project / Gregory B. Laskow, Dennis J. Grill 77

Chapter 6. Experiences of a Department of Defense Prescribing Psychologist: A Personal Account / Debra Lina Dunivin 103

Chapter 7. Training Programs / Ronald F. Levant, Judith E. N. Albino, Anita B. Brown, Samuel A. Feldman, Raymond A. Folen, Peggy Kaczmarek, Elaine S. LeVine, Robert E. McGrath, Gloria D. Pickar, A. Eugene Shapiro, Steven R. Tulkin, Cal VanderPlate 117

Chapter 8. The Struggle in the States / Tommy T. Stigall, Charles A. Faltz, Raymond A. Folen, Cal VanderPlate 141

Chapter 9. Alliances With Consumer Groups and Other Associations / Linda F. Campbell, Pat Gardner 159

Chapter 10. Psychopharmacology Examination for Psychologists Developed by the American Psychological Association Practice Organization's College of Professional Psychology / Patricia M. Bricklin, Janet Ciuccio 179

Chapter 11. Prescribing Psychologists: The Future / Morgan T. Sammons, Ruth Ullmann Paige, Ronald F. Levant 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

155798977X

OCLC:

50725481