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PsychEval said:
I also think TN will gain prescriptive authority for psychologists in 2006. Is their model more similar to NM or LA?
It appears to be more similar to Lousiana's model in that it requires a "collaborative practice agreement."
Are you from TN? Apparently, there's a 2-year nurse practitioner program at Vanderbilt for people with a bachelor's degree in a non-nursing field. The Tennessee Psychiatric and Medical Associations supposedly encouraged Tennessee psychologists interested in RxP to pursue this training in order to acquire prescriptive authority. However, the curriculum seems to lack in psychopharmacology training and basic and clinical sciences relevant to the practice of psychopharmacology: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/nursing/msn/prespec.html
Interestingly, these groups acknowledged that RxP training programs for psychologists are more extensive than nurse practitioner training programs! Clearly, this a political and economic issue between clinical psychology and psychiatry.