The state of Georgia has tried to pass legislation for this, but licensed psychologists do NOT have prescription privileges. What has been set up in hope that this will occur is the GPA is working with the University of Georgia's Pharmacy School and Georgia State University's Center for Brain Studies to develop a program for postdoctoral prescription privilege training. This information I got from Georgia Psychological Association: The proposal was that to have prescriptive authority licensed psychologists would have to go back to school for 360 hours worth of training with an emphasis on psychopharmacology and scientific methods. This takes about three years. They would also be learning all the latest research on the brain. In addition, they will evaluate and prescribe for at least 100 patients over the course of a year under clinical supervision. Consultation with the patients physician when prescribing is also required in the legislation. Training is being offered in Georgia for psychologists through the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and Georgia State University Center for Brain Sciences and Health. It is based on a model developed by a preeminent team of national experts including physicians, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, pharmacists, nurses and Department of Defense psychologists who are currently prescribing for military personnel. In addition, licensed psychologists in Georiga must take 3 CE credits every 2 years in psychopharm.
Like other issues related to licenses, these guidelines will vary from state to state. At 03:09 PM 4/13/2009 -0700, you wrote: >Given the stats on how many people are coming out of professional schools, >and given that my experience as an adjunct in one of southern california's >biggest professional schools left me more than a bit dismayed at the >quality of and quantity of graduate work, I have a negative knee jerk >reaction to the thought of psychologists prescribing meds. I'll agree that >in SOME (not all) university based clinical programs there is some >biopsych and psychopharmacology taught. But are 2-3 courses enough? And >how many students "have" to take them, rather than "opt" to take them? > >Is that more than med students? Don't med students have a larger number of >courses in basic chemistry and pharmacology? > >I don't keep track of academic programs for med school or even grad school >any longer. > >Anyone on the list have some first hand info on what is happening nationwide? > >Annette > >Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. >Professor of Psychology >University of San Diego >5998 Alcala Park >San Diego, CA 92110 >619-260-4006 >[email protected] > > >---- Original message ---- > >Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:26:45 -0400 (EDT) > >From: "Dr. Bob Wildblood" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [tips] naturopaths prescribing in canada > >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> > > > > > > > >Gerald Peterson wrote: > > > >> Gee, who will be pushing drugs next? > >> Psychologists? Psychic healers? Or have they > >> already given them such powers? > >> > >Several states do allow properly educated and certified psychologists to > prescribe psychoactive drugs. What's the problem with that when you > recognize that psychologists are required to have far more education on > psychoactive meds than most medical schools provide for their medical > students in all drug categories. Personally, I will probably never > qualify because I'm not willing to go back to school to get that kind of > certification, but I know that there are some out there who would be as > good or better than those who prescribe most of the psychoactive meds in > our country, that being family practice or internal medicine physicians. > > > > >Bob Wildblood, PhD, HSPP > >Lecturer in Psychology > >Indiana University Kokomo > >Kokomo, IN 46904-9003 > >[email protected] - [email protected] > >765-236-0583 - 765-776-1727 > > > >Weâre trading a dogmatic president for one whoâs shopping for a dog. > It feels good. - Maureen Dowd > > > >"Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose". > > -Garrison Keillor > > > >We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our > students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the > grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the > best education possible. - Barack Obama > > > > > >--- > >To make changes to your subscription contact: > > > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) Deb Dr. Deborah S. Briihl Dept. of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 (229) 333-5994 [email protected] http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dbriihl/ Well I know these voices must be my soul... Rhyme and Reason - DMB --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
