?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Prescribing+Privileges+for+Psychologists%3A+A+Public+Service+or+Hazard%3F&rft.creator=Lakhan%2C+Shaheen+E&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+privilege+to+prescribe+pharmacotherapeutics+has+been+granted+in+limited+areas+to+psychologists.+The+psychologist's+role+in+society+may+be+approaching+a+great+evolution+that+can+dramatically+impact+the+state+of+mental+healthcare+and+the+discipline+of+psychiatry.+Opponents+argue+drug+company+funding+and+cheaper+non-PhD+psychological+professionals+fuel+the+movement+for+prescription+rights+for+PhD+level+psychologists.++However%2C+proponents+claim+that+this+right+would+equip+psychologists+with+greater+psychotherapeutic+modalities+and+the+capability+of+having+richer+doctor-patient+relationships+to+diagnose+and+treat+underserved+populations.+Nonetheless%2C+the+paucity+of+prescribing+psychologist+studies+cannot+allow+the+biopsychosocial+community+to+make+firm+opinions%2C+let+alone+a+decision+on+this+debate.+This+article+reviews+the+history+of+clinical+psychology+and+highlights+the+potential+divergence+into+collaborative+clinical+and+health+psychologists+and+autonomous+prescribing+psychologists.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2007-07-17&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5712%2F1%2F2007-1-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lakhan%2C+Shaheen+E++(2007)+Prescribing+Privileges+for+Psychologists%3A+A+Public+Service+or+Hazard%3F++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5712%2F