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Prescription privileges for psychologists: Constituencies and conflicts
Author(s) -
Hayes Steven C.,
Walser Robyn D.,
Bach Patricia
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.10054
Subject(s) - medical prescription , point (geometry) , psychology , rank (graph theory) , resistance (ecology) , social psychology , public relations , political science , medicine , nursing , ecology , geometry , mathematics , combinatorics , biology
The pros and cons of the proposal to link prescription privileges specifically to psychological training vary from the point of view of the constituencies involved. The present article analyzes those differences. Two surprising facts are noted. First, it is scientist–practitioners who are resisting the move toward prescription privileges, not so much the basic science organizations. Second, while the practice‐based organizations have been avid in their support of prescription privileges, the same cannot be said for rank and file private practitioners. On closer examination, the costs, benefits, and views of the different constituencies make sense of these anomalies. The resistance to prescription privileges is not arbitrary or unreasonable and it is not likely to go away any time soon. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 58: 697–708, 2002.