tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886575137375451769.post4814423543395459992..comments2023-08-08T00:53:58.434-07:00Comments on Garth Kroeker: Psychologists Prescribing Antidepressants?GKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14714377295981745087noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886575137375451769.post-19885284661422880772009-06-17T15:29:07.349-07:002009-06-17T15:29:07.349-07:00I agree with these views.
I think the relationshi...I agree with these views.<br /><br />I think the relationship between Psychiatrists and prescribing psychologists could be analogously modeled using the relationship between G.P.s and nurse practitioners. <br /><br />In many rural areas nurse practitioners are replacing G.P.s because of the high demand and low supply of physicians. The lack of G.P.s compared to nurse practitioners can be attributed to the length of medical training, the cost of medical training and the strict regulations applied to medical school admissions.<br /><br /> I presume that there is also a high demand and low supply of psychiatrists in the same areas and meeting the needs of these underprivileged/remote areas could be better served by filling empty psychiatry positions with prescribing psychologists. (As long as the quality of care for the patient was not compromised).<br /><br />What would be ideal to develope a Master's program for psychology that includes a prescribing, theory, and practice component akin to the nurse practitioners Master's program. <br /><br />However, if we do not allow psychologists to prescribe there should be an increase in the number of spots in medical school in order to meet the health care demands of the country. Also, I would endorse more collaboration between psychiatry and psychology, or medical fields and social science fields in general.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com