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Prescription Privileges for Psychologists: Is Our Consent Fully Informed?

This past June, Illinois became the 3rd state to allow psychologists to prescribe medications commonly used for psychiatric issues, after New Mexico and Louisiana have enacted similar laws. As indicated in […]

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Prescription Privileges for Psychologists, Part II: Is Our Consent Fully Informed?

In July of 2014, I published an article explaining my concerns about the push to allow prescription privileges for psychologists across the country, after news of the recent legislation in Illinois sanctioning […]

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Prescription Privileges for Psychologists: Is Our Consent Fully Informed?

This past June, Illinois became the 3rd state to allow psychologists to prescribe medications commonly used for psychiatric issues, after New Mexico and Louisiana have enacted similar laws. As indicated in […]

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When I Grow Up, I Want to be a Psychiatrist: Redefining the Profession for the Betterment of All

A few days ago, I was sitting next to my wife on the couch reading Spark: The Revolutionary Science of Exercise and the Brain written by John Ratey, a professor of Psychiatry […]

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