Resources
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness position on prescription privileges for psychologists.
Annotated Bibliography (03/01/09)
Annotated bibliography of key articles describing the process and limitations of prescribing medications by psychologists, including scholarly articles and organizational documents.
To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: Eleven Exploratory Questions
Richard B. Stuart and Elaine E. Heiby
Stuart & Heiby review the complexity of the prescribing process including the risks that it poses and the very demanding steps that must be taken to overcome them.
Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists: Despite Deficits in Education and Knowledge?
William N. Robiner et al.
An examination of psychologists’ deficits in training and pertinent knowledge as major hurdles to competent prescribing.
Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists: A Looming Health Hazard?
William N. Robiner et al.
An exploration of the possible hazardous effects of RxP.
On Prescription Privileges for Psychologists
Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology
An evaluation of the faults with RxP.
APA’s training model: Is it really based on the Defense Department experiment?
Joe Bush
A critique of the APA model by John Winston Bush, Ph.D.
The Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project: The ACNP Evaluation Report and Final Summary
Murray Alpert et al.
Critique of the Department of Defense RxP training program by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Prescribing Psychologists: DOD Demonstration Participants Perform Well but Have Little Effect on Readiness or Costs
United States General Accounting Office
Critique of the Department of Defense RxP training program by the Government Accounting Office.
Report of the ACNP on the Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project
The June 2002 ACNP report on the DoD Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project.
Defense Health Care: Need for More Prescribing Psychologists Is Not Adequately Justified
United States General Accounting Office
Doubts about the need for psychologist prescribers expressed by the Government Accounting Office.
Reconsidering Prescription Privileges for Psychologists
Brandon A. Gaudiano and Kristy L. Dalrymple
A review of RxP issues by Gaudiano & Dalrymple addressed to graduate students.
Psychologists Urge Veto HI SB 1004
Lingle’s Veto Message
Letter to Hawaii Governor requesting her veto of RxP legislation and her message to the Legislature explaining her action.
Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists: Issues and Considerations
Lynn Merrick
Excellent report to the Hawaii Legislature on proposal to grant prescription privileges to psychologists by Ms. Lynn Merrick.
To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe? That is the question.
William Robiner
William Robiner detailing the many problems inherent in prescribing by psychologists. (PowerPoint)
HI Legislative Bureau Report 071
Lingle’s Veto Message SB 10041
Psychologists Urge HI SB1004 Veto 071
Sample Gov. Veto Testimony 07
Sample Legislative Testomony
Materials used to oppose RxP in Hawaii. These items could be helpful to those mounting opposition in other venues. If you would like help in preparing materials, please contact POPPP.
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“Prescription Privileges” vs. Psychologists’ Authority: Psychologists Do Better Without Drugs
Victor D. Sanua
An article regarding the consequences of “prescription privileges” as defined by the APA.
Let’s Say “No” to Prescription Privileges for Psychologists
Richard J. Seime
A critical review of the arguments in favor of prescription authority for psychologists.
The High Cost of Prescription Privileges
Mervyn K. Wagner
An explication of the financial consequences of prescriptive authority for psychologists.
The Psychologists Role in the Collaborative Process of Psychopharmacology
Kenneth A. Weene
A discussion of a collaborative approach between psychologists, physicians, patients, and others in the administration of psychotropic medication.
Prescribing Privileges: Grail for Some Practitioners, Potential Calamity for Interprofessional Collaboration in Mental Health
John Winston Bush
An exploration of the possible consequences of prescription privileges upon the collaboration between psychologists and physicians.