Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists

出版者:Amer Psychological Assn

作者:Paige, Ruth Ullman 编

页数:228

价格:$ 45.14

装帧:HRD

isbn号码:9781557989772

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