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Perhaps this question has been asked already.
As with any medical specialty, there are trends in how the field will pan out in the follow decades. For example, cardiology never used to be so intense until this whole health-nut, anti-cholesterol craze began and psychiatry used to be huge until managed care took away the better part of a 300K salary.
Clinical psychologists (PhDs) are beginning to gain prescription rights in a few states.
1) Do you foresee this happening in many other states? Or even all the states?
2) How will this affect a psychiatrists 15 years from now?
I've asked a few psychiatrists and they all seem to deny that they feel like their practice or client base is threatened. But perhaps they are all simply in... denial.
Any thoughts?
As with any medical specialty, there are trends in how the field will pan out in the follow decades. For example, cardiology never used to be so intense until this whole health-nut, anti-cholesterol craze began and psychiatry used to be huge until managed care took away the better part of a 300K salary.
Clinical psychologists (PhDs) are beginning to gain prescription rights in a few states.
1) Do you foresee this happening in many other states? Or even all the states?
2) How will this affect a psychiatrists 15 years from now?
I've asked a few psychiatrists and they all seem to deny that they feel like their practice or client base is threatened. But perhaps they are all simply in... denial.
Any thoughts?