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VOL. 15, NO. 3 :::
MAY/JUNE,
2006
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RxP movement meeting stiff challenges
While psychologists in two states, Louisiana and New Mexico, have the authority to write prescriptions, the movement across the country to gain prescriptive privileges is having trouble overcoming challenges presented by skeptical legislatures and medical professionals.
Five states, Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, Tennessee and Hawaii, are on the cusp but efforts have failed in the past and RxP proponents are awaiting more favorable legislative climates and hoped-for reductions in resistance from the medical profession.
See related update stories from Louisiana and New Mexico in this issue.
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'Movie magic' can be therapeutic
“Take a Spielberg and call me in the morning.” Sounds absurd, but watching a film may not be for entertainment alone. It can be a type of therapy that enables the viewer to explore and experience deeper layers of one’s being by identifying with a film character to develop mental strength and gain lost, forgotten or undeveloped inner resources says Allen Cooperstein, Ph.D.
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Practice privacy dangerously under assault
Major federal effort is being directed toward controlling the privacy of health care information. Two examples are the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its implementing regulations (already in place) and HR 4157, a proposed bill currently under serious legislative consideration. While both have desirable features, both contain serious flaws that can allow dangerous breaches of privacy says David A. Rogers, President-elect of the National Academies of Practice.
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Much work remains on
post doc licensure relief
By James Bradshaw, Assistant Editor
A policy decision by the American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives to reduce post doc delays in licensing is welcome news for graduate students in psychology and early career psychologists, but for most the reality of faster licensing is years away.
The Council approved the change in principle at the its February meeting, but details on curriculum and practicum sequencing must be worked out by a task force that was not appointed at press time.
Professional Credentialing:
More than ‘Alphabet Soup’?
By Scott E. Borrelli, Ed.D. and Jerry Morris, Psy.D.
When asked to review the state of specialty credentialing for The National Psychologist, we were struck by the multitude of organizations offering professional recognition. We are not strangers to these – just look at the alphabet soup after our names at the end of this article.
The ante and the competition from other mental health professionals in the managed care market have been raised considerably over the past decade, providing a justifiable incentive for psychologists to gather recognitions for their competencies. Many organizations attempt to offer an overwhelmed public additional ways to identify those of us who can do what we say we can and do it well. Of course, a credential is no guarantee, but it can be a solid starting point.
Marketing your practice to primary care physicians
By James H. Bray, Ph.D.
Working in primary care provides great opportunities and challenges for psychologists and other mental health providers. Changes in medical practice due to managed care have put tremendous pressure on primary care physicians (PCPs) to diagnosis and treat a broad spectrum of biomedical and psychosocial problems.
PCPs treat over 60 percent of all mental health problems in the United States, without assistance from mental health providers. While psychologists are trained to provide the needed services they are often not trained to work in primary care or collaborate with PCPs.
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