Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists

A History and Guide

von Ruth Ullman Paige

228 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This guide examines the struggle of psychologists to acquire the authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The authors of each chapter, all psychologists at the forefront of the movement for prescriptive authority, recount the academic, political, and organizational issues that must be addressed to make this expansion of psychological practice a reality.