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Expand Access to Mental Health Care: Remove Barriers to Psychologists Prescribing Medications
Lawmakers should not assume that existing educational paths or other paths that they might imagine are the only ways to produce competent prescribing psychologists.
Deaths of Despair: Prescriptive Authority of Psychologists and Suicides
Suicide rates in the United States have been increasing for the past several years. Limited access to mental healthcare has many adverse effects, especially for marginalized communities. Between 2002 and 2017, five states (NM, LA, IL, IA, and ID) passed legislation allowing psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medication when deemed necessary for patient care, popularly referred to as the RxP movement.
Sep 08, 2021 | Working Paper
By Agnitra Roy Choudhury and Alicia Plemmons

Psychology Trainees May Not Be Allowed to Practice What They Preach
