Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, in the Department of Health Policy Studies. He is also President Emeritus and founder of Valley Surgical Clinics, Ltd., the largest and oldest group private surgical practice in Arizona. He has been in private practice as a general surgeon for more than 40 […]
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March 1st, 2023
Jeffrey A. Singer testifies at the hearing, “The Fentanyl Crisis in America: Inaction is No Longer an Option,” before The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance on C‑SPAN (Testimony plus Q&A)
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May 3rd, 2023
Jeffrey A. Singer discusses the nationwide doctor shortage and the right to self‐medicate on Sinclair Broadcast Group’s The National Desk
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Jeffrey A. Singer discusses Sen. Josh Hawley’s insulin bill, the cost of drugs due to the FDA approval process, and Colorado’s new category of mental health specialists on Sinclair Broadcast Group’s The National Desk
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Jeffrey A. Singer discusses prescribing psychologists on KOA’s The Ross Kaminski Show
Spotlight on: Jerrod Handy-Robinson, Psy.D., MSCP, MS, MA
About IAPP “When I started my training to become a psychologist and later prescribing psychologist, I quickly realized that a lot of the information and knowledge in the field was often taught from a perspective that didn’t necessarily fit every client’s background. As a result, I found a lot of clients from minority backgrounds were […]
Spotlight on: Claudia Mosier, Psy.D., MSCP
About IAPP “Widening my professional skills to be able to prescribe, and unprescribe for LGBTQ+ communities is one of the joys of my life. An unfortunate fact of life for LGBTQ+ individuals is exposure to professionals who, mostly unwittingly, prescribe through a lens of prejudges and lack of knowledge of our communities. I can appropriately […]
Scope of Practice and the Delivery of Health Care
At least some of the modern fights over health care can be traced back to divvying up the healthcare marketplace in statute. Jeff Singer discusses the problems inherent in pervasive scope of practice regulation.
Prescribing Psychologists and Mental Health Care
How might expanding the ranks of prescribing psychologists fill the gap in providing mental health care? What stands in the way? Beth N. Rom‐Rymer is a clinical psychologist and advocate for the expansion of mental health access.
The Political Opposition to Prescribing Psychologists
An emergent turf war over who gets to prescribe medication means delaying mental health care. Claudia Mosier is a prescribing psychologist in two states and believes what she’s offering could help many Americans secure their own mental health.
MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Director Earns Industry Distinction
December 15, 2021 – Dr. Derek Phillips, Executive Director of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s M.S. in Clinical Psychopharmacology (MSCP) program received his prescribing license in late November. Dr. Phillips is now Illinois’ 12th licensed prescribing psychologist and one of only approximately 250 prescribing psychologists nationwide. Read the full article here.
Dr. Mosier Inducted into Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame
Celebrating one of our own: Dr. Claudia Mosier, the 6th licensed Prescribing Psychologist in Illinois and an IAPP Board Member, was inducted into Chicago’s LGBT Hall of Fame and honored by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on October 6, 2021. You can read Dr. Mosier’s full induction biography here.
Dr. Boules Recognized
Dr. Gretchen A. Boules, the 5th Illinois Prescribing Psychologist and a member of IAPP’s Board of Directors, was recognized in Hinsdale Living magazine‘s 2021 Power Women feature. The article is below. Congratulations, Dr. Boules!
Two New Prescribing Psychologists Licensed
The Prescriptive Authority Movement in Illinois began in the early 1990’s. Many of our clinical psychologists had the foresight and acumen to know that psychologists’ prescribing would be an exciting and clinically significant expansion for our scope of practice. Our patients, who were being prescribed second generation, more effective psychotropic medications, by their PCP’s or […]
